gentleman
Syllables: gentle·man/ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/[ˈd͡ʒɛɾ̃.ɫ̩.mən]
gentleman noun: any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
Noun
gentleman (plural gentlemen)
- Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
- I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,[…]. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get.[…]I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate...1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC
- Any man.
- Please escort this gentleman to the gentlemen's room.
- Synonyms:
- sahib
- A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight.
- Being a gentleman, Robert was entitled to shove other commoners into the gongpit but he still had to jump out of the way of the knights to avoid the same fate himself.
- And when their ſcattered armie is ſubdu’d:
And you march on their ſlaughtered carkaſſes,
Share equally the gold that bought their liues,
And liue like Gentlmen in Perſea, […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
- An effeminate or oversophisticated man.
- Well, la-di-da, aren't you just a proper gentleman?
- Synonyms:
- cockney, puss-gentleman, sissy, bading, big girl's blouse, cot-quean, cupcake, dudelet, fakaleiti, fairy
- An amateur or dabbler in any field, particularly those of independent means.
- Latrobe had extensive dealings with Jefferson, the most prominent gentleman-architect in the United States.2004, Mary N. Woods, “The First Professional: Benjamin Henry Latrobe”, in Keith L. Eggener, editor, American Architectural History: A Contemporary Reader, electronic edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page...
- Synonyms:
- dilettante
- An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.
Proper noun capitalized: Gentleman
Gentleman (plural Gentlemans)
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
gentleman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
gentleman in Hindi
- man of breeding
- सज्जन sajjan
gentleman in Tamil
- பண்புள்ள மனிதர்
gentleman in Marathi
- सज्जन
gentleman in Urdu
- gentleman
- ساہ sāh, حضرت hazrat, صاحب sāhib
More languagesFewer languages
- gentleman in Bengali
- সাহেব śaheb, মিঞা mĩa, বাবু babu, ভদ্রলোক bhodrolōk
- gentleman in Telugu
- నాగరికుడు nāgarikuḍu
- gentleman in Malayalam
- മാന്യൻ mānyaṉ
- gentleman in Kannada
- ಸಭ್ಯ, ಸುಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ, ಸಂಭಾವಿತ, ಸದ್ಗೃಹಸ್ಥ
- gentleman in Punjabi
- ਸੱਜਣ
- gentleman in Gujarati
- સાહેબ sāheb
- gentleman in Odia
- ବିପୁଳ bipuḷa
- gentleman in Sanskrit
- सज्जन sajjana
- gentleman in Nepali
- सज्जन
- gentleman in Tagalog
- ginoo
- gentleman in Arabic
- جِنْتِلْمَان jentilmān, شَهْم šahm, مُؤَدَّب muʔaddab, مُهَذَّب muhaḏḏab
Examples of gentleman in a sentence
- Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
- It doesn’t become a true gentleman to speak in such a manner.
- I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.
Synonyms of gentleman
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Forms of gentleman
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | gentlemen |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Gentlemans |
Origin of gentleman
From Middle English gentilman, morphologically gentle + man, partial calque of Old French gentilhome.
Words formed from gentleman
- April gentleman
- country gentleman
- first gentleman
- gent
- gentleboy
- gentleman about town
- gentleman and scholar
- gentleman-at-arms
- gentleman-commoner
- gentleman cow
- gentleman farm
- gentleman farmer
- gentlemanhood
- gentleman-in-waiting
- gentlemanish
- gentlemanism
- gentlemanize
- Gentleman Jim
- gentlemanliness
- gentlemanly
- gentleman of leisure
- gentleman of the back door
- gentleman-pensioner
- gentleman ranker
- gentleman's bet
- gentleman's C
- gentleman scientist
- gentleman's gentleman
- gentlemanship
- gentleman usher
- gentlemen's agreement
- gentlemen's club
- gentlemen's room
- gentlethem
- ladies and gentlemen
- leading gentleman
- old gentleman
- put the beggar on the gentleman
- Reverend Gentleman
- scholar and gentleman
- second gentleman
- temporary gentleman
- transgentleman
- ungentleman
- walking gentleman
Phrases with gentleman
Questions about gentleman
- What does gentleman mean?
- Gentleman means any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
- What is gentleman in Hindi?
- Gentleman in Hindi is सज्जन (sajjan). See Gentleman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gentleman?
- Gentleman can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce gentleman?
- Gentleman is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/.
- What is the plural of gentleman?
- The plural of gentleman is gentlemen.
Words near gentleman in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gentleman (page history and authors); Gentleman (page history and authors); gentleman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gentleman (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); حضرت (Urdu) (page history and authors); నాగరికుడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); മാന്യൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); gentleman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gentleman (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); સાહેબ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ବିପୁଳ (Odia) (page history and authors); सज्जन (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); gentleman (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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