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gentilshommes

gentilshommes is the plural of gentilhomme.

Meaning of gentilhomme

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

Origin of gentilshommes

Borrowed from French gentilshommes.

Questions about gentilshommes

What is gentilshommes the plural of?
Gentilshommes is the plural of gentilhomme.

Words near gentilshommes in the dictionary

  1. gentilized
  2. gentilizes
  3. gentilizing
  4. gentilizings
  5. gentilly
  6. gentilshommes
  7. gentimicin
  8. gentiobiase
  9. gentiobiases
  10. gentiobiose
  11. gentiobioside

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