GENTLEMAN


Meaning of GENTLEMAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dʒent(ə)lmən ]

( gentlemen)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

A gentleman is a man who comes from a family of high social standing.

...this wonderful portrait of English gentleman Joseph Greenway.

N-COUNT

2.

If you say that a man is a gentleman , you mean he is polite and educated, and can be trusted.

He was always such a gentleman.

N-COUNT

3.

You can address men as gentlemen , or refer politely to them as gentlemen .

This way, please, ladies and gentlemen...

It seems this gentleman was waiting for the doctor.

N-COUNT ; N-VOC [ politeness ]

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