gent
/d͡ʒɛnt/
gent noun: a gentleman. Also the clipping of gentamicin.
Noun
gent (plural gents)
- A gentleman.
- He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent.1978, “Werewolves of London”, in Warren Zevon, LeRoy Marinell and Waddy Wachtel (music), Excitable Boy, performed by Warren Zevon
Adjective
gent (comparative more gent, superlative most gent)
- Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
- He lou'd, as was his lot, a Ladie gent, / That him againe lou'd in the least degree […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- neat; pretty; elegant
- Her body gent and small.1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Miller’s Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; Charles Cowden Clarke, editor, The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. […]...
Proper noun capitalized: Gent
Gent
Also used as
gent is also the clipping of gentamicin.
gent meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
gent in Tamil
- ஜென்ட்
gent in Bengali
- জেন্ট
gent in Telugu
- జెంట్
gent in Malayalam
- ജെൻ്റ്
More languagesFewer languages
- gent in Kannada
- ಜೆಂಟ್
- gent in Gujarati
- જેન્ટ
- gent in Nepali
- जेन्ट
Examples of gent in a sentence
- Gent who was with her had a shoulderful of chips, for no apparent reason.
- A gent that fancies firearms to the point of academics — he's a gunster.
- A marauding gent from a country area, whilst visiting, switched a wire or two behind a panel.
Forms of gent
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | gents |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more gent |
| superlative | most gent |
Origin of gent
Short for gentleman.
From Middle English gent, from Old French gent, ultimately from Latin genitum (“born”).
Words formed from gent
Words that rhyme with gent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- repent
- ascent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
- ent
Questions about gent
- What does gent mean?
- Gent means a gentleman.
- What is gent in Tamil?
- Gent in Tamil is ஜென்ட். See Gent meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is gent?
- Gent can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce gent?
- Gent is pronounced /d͡ʒɛnt/.
- What is the plural of gent?
- The plural of gent is gents.
Words near gent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gent (page history and authors); Gent (page history and authors); gent (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gent (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gent (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gent (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gent (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gent (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gent (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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