gentleman
[ˈd͡ʒɛɾ̃.ɫ̩.mən]noun3 syllables
Gentleman means: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer.
Synonyms for gentleman15
noun, as in a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer
also used for gentleman
sahib, cockney, puss-gentleman, sissy, bading, big girl's blouse, cot-quean, cupcake, dudelet, fakaleiti, dilettante
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What does gentleman mean?2
noun
1
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer“Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man”
2
a man of refinement
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Gentleman in a sentence
- He is a gentleman, handsome, clever, and rich.unknown
- He is well dressed, but he is anything but a gentleman.unknown
- As she is a lady, so he is a gentleman.unknown
- That gentleman isn't a teacher, he's a doctor.AlanF_US
- You're a gentleman and a scholar, my friend.papabear
- Never would an oaf, whatever he may do, be considered a gentleman.sacredceltic
- Two years ago, this gentleman worked as a physicist.mailohilohi
- His manner was nervous and shy, like that of a sensitive gentleman.Hybrid
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of gentleman
as a noun
- plural
- gentlemen