A GENTLEMAN / LADY OF LEISURE

Meaning of A GENTLEMAN / LADY OF LEISURE in English

( humorous ) a man / woman who does not have to work

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

GENTLEMAN — [A] n gentleman (as in a real gentleman)
Interlingua English vocab
GENTLEMAN — senior, gentilmann
English interlingue dictionary
LADY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) first lady Godey's Lady's Book Godiva Lady Gregory Augusta Lady Grey Lady Jane Hamilton …
Английский словарь Британика
LEISURE — I. ˈlēzhə(r) also ˈlezh- sometimes ˈlāzh- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English leiser, leisere, laiser, from Old French leisir, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LADY — I. ˈlādē, -di noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English lady, lavedi, lafdi, from Old English hlǣfdīge, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GENTLEMAN — ˈjent ə lmən, ÷-n ə l- noun ( plural gentlemen ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English gentilman, from gentil …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEISURE — (a.) Unemployed; as, leisure hours.
Английский словарь Webster
LEISURE — — leisurable , adj. — leisureless , adj. /lee"zheuhr, lezh"euhr/ , n. 1. freedom from the demands of work or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LADY
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GENTLEMAN — — gentlemanlike , adj. /jen"tl meuhn/ , n. , pl. gentlemen . 1. a man of good family, breeding, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEISURE — noun Etymology: Middle English leiser, from Anglo-French leisir, from leisir to be permitted, from Latin licēre Date: 14th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GENTLEMAN — ˈjen-tə-mən, ˈje-nə- noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English gentilman Date: 12th century 1. a. : a man of noble …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEISURE — adj unemployed; as, leisure hours. 2. leisure ·noun freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time free from employment. 3. …
Webster English vocab
LADY — noun a wife; not now in approved usage. 2. lady ·adj belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike. 3. …
Webster English vocab
GENTLEMAN — noun the servant of a man of rank. 2. gentleman ·noun one who bears arms, but has no title. 3. …
Webster English vocab
LEISURE — [lei.sure] n [ME leiser, fr. MF leisir, fr. leisir to be permitted, fr. L licere] (14c) 1: freedom provided by …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GENTLEMAN — [gen.tle.man] n, often attrib [ME gentilman] (12c) 1 a: a man of noble or gentle birth b: a man belonging …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LADY — in Great Britain, a general title for any peeress below the rank of duchess and also for the wife of …
Britannica English vocabulary
LEISURE — leisure BrE AmE ˈleʒ ə AmE \ ˈliːʒ ə r ˈleʒ-, ˈleɪʒ- ▷ leisure|d d ▷ leisure|liness li nəs -nɪs …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GENTLEMAN — gentle|man, G~ BrE AmE ˈdʒent ə l |mən AmE ˈdʒen t̬ - ▷ gentle|men mən men —in rapid casual American …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LEISURE — / ˈleʒə(r); NAmE ˈliːʒər/ noun [ U ] time that is spent doing what you enjoy when you are not …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LADY — / ˈleɪdi; NAmE / ( pl. -ies ) noun 1. [ C ] a word used to mean 'woman' that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GENTLEMAN — / ˈdʒentlmən; NAmE / noun ( pl. -men / -mən; NAmE /) 1. [ C ] a man who is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEISURE — lei ‧ sure W3 /ˈleʒə $ ˈliːʒər/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LADY — la ‧ dy S1 W2 /ˈleɪdi/ BrE AmE noun ( plural ladies ) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GENTLEMAN — gen ‧ tle ‧ man S2 W2 /ˈdʒentlmən/ BrE AmE noun ( plural gentlemen /-mən/) [countable] 1 . a polite …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEISURE — n. 1 free time; time at one's own disposal. 2 enjoyment of free time. 3 (usu. foll. by for, or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LADY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a woman regarded as being of superior social status or as having the refined manners …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GENTLEMAN — n. (pl. -men) 1 a man (in polite or formal use). 2 a chivalrous or well-bred man. 3 a man …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEISURE — n. 1 free time; time at one's own disposal. 2 enjoyment of free time. 3 (usu. foll. by for, or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LADY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a woman regarded as being of superior social status or as having the refined manners …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GENTLEMAN — n. (pl. -men) 1 a man (in polite or formal use). 2 a chivalrous or well-bred man. 3 a man …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEISURE — n.1 free time; time at one's own disposal. 2 enjoyment of free time. 3 (usu. foll. by for, or to …
Oxford English vocab
LADY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. a a woman regarded as being of superior social status or as having the refined manners …
Oxford English vocab
GENTLEMAN — n. (pl. -men) 1. a man (in polite or formal use). 2 a chivalrous or well-bred man. 3 a man …
Oxford English vocab
LEISURE — 1. Leisure is the time when you are not working and you can relax and do things that you enjoy. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LADY — ( ladies) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You can use lady …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GENTLEMAN — ( gentlemen) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A gentleman is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LADY — (ladies) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You can use ~ when …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LEISURE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a leisure centre British English (= for sport and other leisure activities ) ▪ There's …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LADY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bag lady cleaning lady/woman (= a woman who cleans houses, offices etc as her job …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GENTLEMAN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES gentleman farmer gentleman's agreement COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE elderly ▪ Such a curious thing …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEISURE — [noun] [U] - the time when you are not working or doing other dutiesMost people only have a limited amount …
Cambridge English vocab
LADY — (WOMAN) [noun] [C] - a polite or dated way of referring to or addressing a womanShe's a very attractive lady.Would …
Cambridge English vocab
GENTLEMAN — [noun] [C] [plural] -men - a man who is polite and behaves well towards other people, or a man of …
Cambridge English vocab
LADY — (TITLE) [noun] [U] - a title given in Britain to a woman or girl who has the social rank of …
Cambridge English vocab
LADY — n. Lady Diana Frances Spencer first lady Godey's Lady's Book Godiva Lady Gregory Augusta Lady Grey Lady Jane Hamilton Emma …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LADY — Synonyms and related words : Dulcinea, Eve, Frau, Fraulein, Miss, Mistress, Mlle, Mme, Mmes, acceptable person, archduchess, baroness, best girl, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GENTLEMAN — Synonyms and related words : Brahman, Brahmin, acceptable person, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, bloke, blue blood, boy, buck, butler, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEISURE — See: AT LEISURE or AT ONE'S LEISURE.
Slang English vocab
LADY — n. lady friend lady killer maiden lady old lady ladies' man
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
GENTLEMAN — n. Function: noun 1 a person of good or noble birth FF1C; the contributions of the country gentleman to social …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
GENTLEMAN — noun 1. a person of good or noble birth the contributions of the country gentleman to social stability Synonyms: ||aristo, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEISURE — noun VERB + LEISURE ▪ have ▪ We have more ~ than our parents had. LEISURE + NOUN ▪ hours …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GENTLEMAN — noun 1 man who is polite to others ADJECTIVE ▪ perfect , real , true ▪ He's a real ~, …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LEISURE — n. 25B6; noun the balance between leisure and work : FREE TIME, spare time, time off; recreation, relaxation, inactivity, pleasure; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GENTLEMAN — n ( pl gentlemen ) 1. a formal or polite way of referring to a man. A common way to …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
LADY — I. 1) леди (принятая форма титулования маркизы (marchioness), графини (countess), виконтессы (viscountess) и баронессы (baroness); напр., вместо the Marchioness of …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
LEISURE — n. 1 spare or free time, time (off), liberty, freedom, opportunity How many people these days have the leisure to …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LEISURE — See: AT LEISURE or AT ONE'S LEISURE.
Словарь английских идиом
LEISURE — 1. сущ. досуг, свободное время at leisure ≈ на досуге; не спеша to be at leisure ≈ быть свободным, незанятым …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LADY — сущ. 1) леди, дама; госпожа the first lady ≈ первая леди (жена президента или губернатора штата) the first lady of …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GENTLEMAN — сущ. 1) а) человек знатного происхождения; ист. дворянин б) принадлежащий к классу землевладельцев 2) в обращениях используется как обозначение лица …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEISURE — leisure.ogg ʹleʒə n 1> досуг leisure hours - часы досуга life of leisure - праздная жизнь at leisure - на …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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