What does gents mean?
Gents means plural of gent.
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/ˈdʒɛnts/ · noun
plural of gent.
Where is the gents? I need a slash.
A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's".
London's first 'gents' public toilets were opened in Fleet Street in 1851, followed in 1852 by a 'ladies' toilet at 51 Bedford Street, Strand.
One unidentified man spoke of how he was approached to "go to the Gents" with an MP at an event for young political activists while another man described how an MP invited his entire office staff to a gay bar.
Use gents when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gents means plural of gent.
Common synonyms include men's, gents'.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Where is the gents? I need a slash.
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