gentleman
Meaning of gentleman
noun
- A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; an armiferous man ranking below a knight.
Being a gentleman, Robert was entitled to shove other commoners into the gongpit but he still had to jump out of the way of the knights to avoid the same fate himself.
- Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
- An effeminate or oversophisticated man.
Well, la-di-da, aren't you just a proper gentleman?
- (polite term of address) Any man.
Please escort this gentleman to the gentlemen's room.
- (usually historical, sometimes derogatory) An amateur or dabbler in any field, particularly those of independent means.
- An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.
Information about gentleman
- It is a name.
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Hyphenation of gentleman
gen-tle-man
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- gentleman is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
gentleman synonyms
Meaning valet:
Meaning :
cockney, sissy, sahib, dilettante
Translation of gentleman
- Portuguese: senhor, cavalheiro
- French: gentilhomme, monsieur, gentleman
- Italian: signore, gentiluomo
- Spanish: caballero, señor
- German: Herr, Kavalier, Gentleman
Words that rhyme with gentleman
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