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Gentleman verkar vara ett sammansatt ord. Prova att söka dess delar separat:
Definitioner
Substantiv
- A well‐mannered or charming man.
- A man of breeding or higher class.
- A polite term referring to a man.
- (in plural only, gentlemen) A polite form of address to a group of men.
- (in plural possessive, gentlemen's) Toilets intended for use by men.
- (cricket) A cricketer of independent wealth, who does not (require to) get paid to play the sport.
- (euphemistic, of a man) Amateur.
Exempel
- 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.
- 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 with gentlemen in private life.
- Please direct this gentleman to the menswear department.
- “[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.
- Follow me, gentlemen.
- Latrobe had extensive dealings with Jefferson, the most prominent gentleman-architect in the United States.
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