GENTLEMAN
\d͡ʒˈɛntə͡lmən], \dʒˈɛntəlmən], \dʒ_ˈɛ_n_t_əl_m_ə_n]\
Definitions of GENTLEMAN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman.
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One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man.
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One who bears arms, but has no title.
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The servant of a man of rank.
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A man, irrespective of condition; - used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc.
By Oddity Software
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A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman.
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One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man.
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One who bears arms, but has no title.
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The servant of a man of rank.
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A man, irrespective of condition; - used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A man of gentle or good birth: in England, one who without a title wears a coat of arms; every man above the rank of yeoman, including the nobility; one above the trading classes; an officer of the royal household: in the broadest sense, a man of refined manners and good behavior:-in pl. a word of address:-pl. GENTLEMEN:-fem. GENTLEWOMAN.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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In a general sense, every educated person above a labourer, an artisan, or a tradesman; an individual possessed of the conduct, character, habits, and outward appearance which belong, or are expected to belong, to persons born and educated in a high social position; a man in any station of life who is possessed of good breeding and refined manners, strict integrity and honour, kindness of heart, and suchlike qualities; in a limited sense, a person of fortune and good family, whether titled or not; one who bears a coat of arms: a term of complaisance or respect, as in the plural-gentlemen, when addressing a number of persons.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. A man who is well-born; one who is of good family;—one of gentle or refined manners;—one who bears arms but has no title;—a title of courtesy;—the attendant of a man of rank or official station;—pl. Citizens; people—a common appellation in popular assemblies.
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A man of birth, a man of extraction, though not noble; a man raised above the vulgar by his character or post; a term of complaisance; the servant that waits about the person of a man of rank; it is used of any man however high.
By Thomas Sheridan
