Gentleman

Quick meaning: Gentleman is a noun meaning Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.

Meaning

Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.

More Meanings

1. (by extension; polite term of address) Any man.
2. (derogatory) An effeminate or oversophisticated man.
3. (usually historical, sometimes derogatory) An amateur or dabbler in any field, particularly those of independent means.
4. (cricket) An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.
5. (chiefly historical) 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; (UK law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight.

Example Sentences

Please escort this gentleman to the gentlemen's room.

But when Adam delued, and Eue ſpan, VVho was then a Gentleman?

She wanted to go see a movie called Gigi, which I was not too thrilled about. But being a gentleman, I bit my tongue and said, “Okay.”

I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed.

Word Forms

• gentlemen

Synonyms for gentleman

Depending on context, synonyms include sahib, cockney, puss-gentleman, sissy, cot-quean, cupcake.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include valet, man, knight, nobleman, sir, usher.

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