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Gentleman

Gentleman Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Gentleman?
[n] a man of refinement
[n] a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" Synonyms | Synonyms for Gentleman: gentleman's gentleman | valet | valet de chambre Related Terms | Find terms related to Gentleman: acceptable person | archduke | aristocrat | armiger | baron | baronet | bloke | blue blood | boy | Brahman | Brahmin | buck | butler | capital fellow | chap | chauffeur | chevalier | coachman | count | daimio | diamond | driver | duke | earl | equerry | esquire | faithful | fellow | galantuomo | gardener | gee | gem | gent | gentilhomme | gillie | good fellow | good lot | good man | good person | good sort | good woman | grand duke | grandee | guy | he | hidalgo | him | his | hombre | homme | honest man | honest woman | houseboy | houseman | jewel | lace-curtain | lady | laird | landgrave | lord | lord-in-waiting | lordling | magnate | magnifico | male | male being | male person | man | man of honor | manservant | margrave | marquis | masculine | mensch | nob | noble | nobleman | optimate | palsgrave | patrician | pearl | peer | perfect gentleman | perfect lady | persona grata | prince | real lady | real man | right sort | rough diamond | seigneur | seignior | silk-stocking | squire | straight shooter | swell | thoroughbred | true blue | truepenny | trusty | upper-cruster | valet | valet de chambre | viscount | waldgrave | woman of honor | worthy See Also | adult male | body servant | gent | gentleman-at-arms | man | manservant Gentleman In Webster's Dictionary \Gen"tle*man\, n.; pl. {Gentlemen}. [OE. gentilman
nobleman; gentil noble + man man; cf. F. gentilhomme.]
1. A man well born; one of good family; one above the
condition of a yeoman.
2. One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man.
3. (Her.) One who bears arms, but has no title.
4. The servant of a man of rank.
The count's gentleman, one Cesario. --Shak.
5. A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the
plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular
assemblies, etc.
Note: In Great Britain, the term gentleman is applied in a
limited sense to those having coats of arms, but who
are without a title, and, in this sense, gentlemen hold
a middle rank between the nobility and yeomanry. In a
more extended sense, it includes every man above the
rank of yeoman, comprehending the nobility. In the
United States, the term is applied to men of education
and good breeding of every occupation.
{Gentleman commoner}, one of the highest class of commoners
at the University of Oxford.
{Gentleman usher}, one who ushers visitors into the presence
of a sovereign, etc.
{Gentleman usher of the black rod}, an usher belonging to the
Order of the Garter, whose chief duty is to serve as
official messenger of the House of Lords.
{Gentlemen-at-arms}, a band of forty gentlemen who attend the
sovereign on state occasions; formerly called {gentlemen
pensioners}. [Eng.]
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