noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
gentleman farmer
gentleman's agreement
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
elderly
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Such a curious thing for an established and respected elderly gentleman to do, now that she came to consider it seriously.
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I was looking for an elderly gentleman to greet me.
nice
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Yes, a very nice gentleman .
old
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It was holding a newspaper and it belonged to an old gentleman .
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That idea was already red rag enough to the old gentleman .
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Best of all, their own old gentleman was there, and he came across to shake their hands.
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Next, the old gentleman got up and said more nice things about them.
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The old gentleman was not the only one who started shouting.
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The old gentleman sat back in his seat and opened the letter.
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The old gentleman who was the owner of the shop encouraged me and helped me along into the business.
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When he returned he was offered tea - without which, the old gentleman said, he never travelled.
other
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After ten o'clock there was the other gentleman .
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There were two other gentlemen studying at Mr Pocket's.
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Now the other gentleman I liked very much.
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I compared him to the other gentlemen present.
perfect
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Now that he was being the perfect gentleman in not pursuing her, at last she began to breathe more easily.
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My own whip was a perfect gentleman , but it was really other colleagues who got really nasty.
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Everybody envied Evelyn; her husband was always such a perfect gentleman .
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He always had been a perfect gentleman .
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You might say she behaved like a perfect gentleman .
real
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But he was too smooth, and his charm a little too insincere, to be a real gentleman .
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He was called Walter Dowson and a real gentleman he was.
true
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Off the field, he was a true gentleman and a person his family can be proud of.
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And playing on his home turf is Julian Barnes, one of the game's true gentlemen .
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And a true gentleman he remains to this day: ever sunny, ever a pleasure to be with.
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In that extremity I bore me well, A true gentleman , valorous in arms, Disinterested and honourable.
young
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You are a young gentleman and I am sorry to say, not better than I wish you to be.
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There he fell again into the bad company of pious Huguenots who turned the young gentleman into a religious searcher.
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The sands were crowded with these strange bright parrots, accompanied by young gentlemen with unorthodox headgear and unbuttoned waistcoats.
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A formidable lady, she had founded the Atchison Institute, a private school for young ladies and gentlemen in Atchison.
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Most of his guests drank a lot, including some of the younger gentlemen .
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I got the impression that she had a tender attachment for a young gentleman in the North.
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But then, other schools, I am informed, offer their young gentlemen courses in car maintenance.
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I didn't see the pale young gentleman there again.
■ NOUN
country
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The country gentleman at his best.
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There was enough accumulated wealth for the third Joseph Wright Alsop to pursue a life as country gentleman .
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The rich were, by and large, country gentlemen .
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Enter Clement Clarke Moore, country gentleman .
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Reggie was an endearing, kindly man who had led a leisurely, unadventurous life as a country gentleman .
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Who were the country gentlemen who were so put out from pursuing their time-honoured pastime?
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His life was that of the ordinary country gentleman of the period.
farmer
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Some men of this type can not have been anything but gentlemen farmers .
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It is a hobby for local gentleman farmers .
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The interviewing panel was civil and included a peer of the realm, a major-General, and a gentleman farmer .
■ VERB
ask
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My meeting ended when I asked Kagan who the gentleman was who was now married to the young lady concerned.
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I ask you, gentlemen , to think of ways of doing this.
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So now she asked if the young gentleman could come in.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
gentleman/lady of leisure
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As a gentleman of leisure it was a breeze.
the Honourable Gentleman/the Honourable Lady/my Honourable Friend/the Honourable Member
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Can you serve this gentleman please, Sarah?
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Ladies and gentlemen, may I present Dr Nelson Mandela.
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Mr Marks, an elderly gentleman , was travelling with his daughter.
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Please show this gentleman to his seat.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Got to have brains for that, gentlemen.
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On our way upstairs we met a gentleman coming down in the dark.