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gentlemanhood

gentlemanhood noun: the qualities or condition of a gentleman.

Noun

gentlemanhood (uncountable)

  1. The qualities or condition of a gentleman.
    • The Major would not hear of a year passing before this ceremony of gentlemanhood was gone through1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC

Synonyms of gentlemanhood

Origin of gentlemanhood

From gentleman + -hood.

Questions about gentlemanhood

What does gentlemanhood mean?
Gentlemanhood means the qualities or condition of a gentleman.
What part of speech is gentlemanhood?
Gentlemanhood is a noun.

Words near gentlemanhood in the dictionary

  1. gentleman-commoner
  2. gentleman-in-waiting
  3. gentleman-like
  4. gentleman-pensioner
  5. gentleman-pensioners
  6. gentlemanhood
  7. gentlemanish
  8. gentlemanism
  9. gentlemanize
  10. gentlemanized
  11. gentlemanizes

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