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  1. a man who is polite and behaves well towards other people, especially women: He was a perfect gentleman. Not holding a door for a lady? You're no gentleman, are you? a man of a high social class: a gentlemen's club. Fewer examples. He was the embodiment of the English gentleman. It's the mark of a gentleman to stand up when someone enters the room.

  2. The meaning of GENTLEMAN is a man of noble or gentle birth. How to use gentleman in a sentence.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › GentlemanGentleman - Wikipedia

    The Complete English Gentleman (1630), by Richard Brathwait, shows the exemplary qualities of a gentleman. Gentleman (Old French: gentilz hom, gentle + man; abbreviated gent.) is a term for a chivalrous, courteous, or honorable man.

  4. a male personal servant, especially of a man of social position; valet. a male attendant upon a king, queen, or other royal person, who is himself of high birth or rank. a man of good social standing, as a noble or an armigerous commoner. a man with an independent income who does not work for a living.

  5. 1. countable noun. A gentleman is a man who comes from a family of high social standing. ...this wonderful portrait of English gentleman Joseph Greenway. 2. countable noun. If you say that a man is a gentleman, you mean he is polite and educated, and can be trusted. He was always such a gentleman. 3. countable noun.

  6. noun. /ˈdʒentlmən/ (plural gentlemen. /ˈdʒentlmən/ ) Idioms. [countable] a man who is polite and well educated, who has excellent manners and always behaves well. You acted like a true gentleman. Thank you—you're a real gentleman. He was always the perfect gentleman. He's no gentleman! He was too much of a gentleman to ask them for any money.

  7. gentleman, in English history, a man entitled to bear arms but not included in the nobility. In its original and strict sense the term denoted a man of good family, deriving from the Latin word gentilis and invariably translated in English -Latin documents as generosus.

  8. GENTLEMAN meaning: 1. a man who behaves politely and treats people with respect: 2. a polite word for 'man', used…. Learn more.

  9. noun. /ˈdʒɛntlmən/ (pl. gentlemen. /ˈdʒɛntlmən/ ) [countable] a man who is polite and well educated, who has excellent manners and always behaves well Thank you—you're a real gentleman. He's no gentleman! compare lady. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

  10. Definitions of gentleman. noun. a man of refinement. see more. noun. a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer. synonyms: gentleman's gentleman, man, valet, valet de chambre. see more.

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