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city gent

city gent noun: a businessman working in the City of London financial district.

Noun

city gent (plural city gents)

  1. (UK, informal) A businessman working in the City of London financial district.
    • Gone, never to return, is the famous minute bell at High Barnet, the sound of which has caused generations of ' City gents ' to precipitate themselves with most undignified acceleration down the steep station slope in an endeavour to scramble aboard the 8.34 a.m. Moorgate.1940 October, “Notes and News: The High Barnet Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 569

Forms of city gent

pluralcity gents

Questions about city gent

What does city gent mean?
City gent means a businessman working in the City of London financial district.
What part of speech is city gent?
City gent is a noun.
What is the plural of city gent?
The plural of city gent is city gents.

Words near city gent in the dictionary

  1. city dwellers
  2. City editor
  3. City editors
  4. city father
  5. city fathers
  6. city gent
  7. city gents
  8. city girl
  9. city girls
  10. city hall
  11. city halls

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