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gentilhomme

gentilhomme noun: a French gentleman.

Noun

gentilhomme (plural gentilshommes or gentilhommes)

  1. A French gentleman.
    • Then M. de Montrond rose covered with glory and with honor, for in such adventures lay the fame of the gentilhommes of that time.1876 January, G. Colmache, “Gentilhomme and Gentleman”, in Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, volume XVII, Philadelphia, Pa.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott and Co., pages 82–83
    • What they are doing is taking a view of life just a bit wider than that of the average London Regent’s Park smarty or the bourgeois gentilshommes.1967 April 15, Stanley Reynolds, “Television”, in The Guardian, number 37,561, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 3

Examples of gentilhomme in a sentence

  • From women, bourgeois gentilhommes learned how to comport themselves.1997, Grace Anne Morsberger, The Russian Woman Writer in the Salon: Issues of Gender and Literary Space, Berkeley, Calif.: University of...
  • […] Maud would introduce her to society and help her find a husband from the gentilhommes of the local château aristocracy.2020, Judithe Little, “New Silhouettes”, in The Chanel Sisters, Toronto, Ont.: Graydon House, Harlequin Books S.A., →ISBN, chapter 23:

Forms of gentilhomme

pluralgentilshommes
pluralgentilhommes

Origin of gentilhomme

Borrowed from French gentilhomme.

Questions about gentilhomme

What does gentilhomme mean?
Gentilhomme means a French gentleman.
How do you use gentilhomme in a sentence?
From women, bourgeois gentilhommes learned how to comport themselves.
What part of speech is gentilhomme?
Gentilhomme is a noun.
What is the plural of gentilhomme?
The plural of gentilhomme is gentilshommes.

Words near gentilhomme in the dictionary

  1. genticulate
  2. gentile
  3. gentiledom
  4. gentiles
  5. gentilesse
  6. gentilhomme
  7. gentilhommes
  8. gentilic
  9. gentilicia
  10. gentilicial
  11. gentilicials

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