gentleman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From Middle English gentilman, morphologically gentle + man, partial calque of Old French gentilhome.
Compound parts: gentle
man
Inflected forms:
form: gentlemen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
She wanted to go see a movie called Gigi, which I was not too thrilled about. But being a gentleman, I bit my tongue and said, “Okay.”
gloss: Any man.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
polite
term-of-address
examples: Please escort this gentleman to the gentlemen's room.
gloss: A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: Being a gentleman, Robert was entitled to shove other commoners into the gongpit but he still had to jump out of the way of the knights to avoid the same fate himself.
And when their ſcattered armie is ſubdu’d:
And you march on their ſlaughtered carkaſſes,
Share equally the gold that bought their liues,
And liue like Gentlmen in Perſea, […]
But when Adam delued, and Eue ſpan,
VVho was then a Gentleman?
“[…] 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.
gloss: An effeminate or oversophisticated man.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
examples: Well, la-di-da, aren't you just a proper gentleman?
gloss: An amateur or dabbler in any field, particularly those of independent means.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
historical
sometimes
usually
examples: Latrobe had extensive dealings with Jefferson, the most prominent gentleman-architect in the United States.
gloss: An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.
pos: noun
Related words: gentlewoman
gentlelady
Derived words: April gentleman
country gentleman
first gentleman
gent
gentleboy
gentleman about town
gentleman and scholar
gentleman-at-arms
gentleman-commoner
gentleman cow
gentleman farm
gentleman farmer
gentlemanhood
gentleman-in-waiting
gentlemanish
gentlemanism
gentlemanize
Gentleman Jim
gentlemanliness
gentlemanly
gentleman of leisure
gentleman of the back door
gentleman-pensioner
gentleman ranker
gentleman's bet
gentleman's C
gentleman scientist
gentleman's gentleman
gentlemanship
gentleman usher
gentlemen's agreement
gentlemen's club
gentlemen's room
gentlethem
ladies and gentlemen
leading gentleman
old gentleman
put the beggar on the gentleman
Reverend Gentleman
scholar and gentleman
second gentleman
temporary gentleman
transgentleman
ungentleman
walking gentleman
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: heer
lang: Arabic
word: جِنْتِلْمَان
roman: jentilmān
lang: Arabic
word: شَهْم
roman: šahm
lang: Arabic
word: مُؤَدَّب
roman: muʔaddab
lang: Arabic
word: مُهَذَّب
roman: muhaḏḏab
lang: Armenian
word: ջենտլմեն
roman: ǰentlmen
lang: Bhojpuri
word: सज्जन
roman: sajjan
lang: Bulgarian
word: благоро́дник
roman: blagoródnik
lang: Catalan
word: cavaller
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 紳士 /绅士
roman: shēnshì
lang: Dutch
word: heer
lang: Esperanto
word: ĝentlemano
lang: Estonian
word: härra
lang: Finnish
word: säätyläismies
lang: French
word: gentilhomme
lang: Georgian
word: ჯენტლმენი
roman: ǯenṭlmeni
lang: German
word: Herr
lang: Greek
word: κύριος
roman: kýrios
lang: Greek
word: ευπατρίδης
roman: efpatrídis
lang: Hebrew
word: גְּבִיר
roman: gvir
lang: Hindi
word: सज्जन
roman: sajjan
lang: Icelandic
word: herra
lang: Irish
word: duine uasal
lang: Italian
word: gentiluomo
lang: Italian
word: galantuomo
lang: Japanese
word: 紳士
roman: shinshi
lang: Japanese
word: ジェントルマン
roman: jentoruman
lang: Japanese
word: ゼントルマン
roman: zentoruman
lang: Khmer
word: បុរសសង្ហា
roman: bŏrsâsngha
lang: Khmer
word: បុរសសមសួន
roman: bŏrsâsmôsuŏn
lang: Khmer
word: បុរស
roman: borɑh
lang: Korean
word: 신사
roman: sinsa
lang: Korean
word: 젠틀맨
roman: jenteulmaen
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: hêja
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: rêzdar
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: birêz
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: mamoste
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: seyda
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: efendî
lang: Macedonian
word: господин
roman: gospodin
lang: Māori
word: tangata mārire
lang: Iranian Persian
word: جِنْتِلْمَن
roman: jentelman
lang: Iranian Persian
word: لودی
roman: ludi
lang: Polish
word: dżentelmen
lang: Portuguese
word: fidalgo
lang: Portuguese
word: nobre
lang: Portuguese
word: gentil-homem
lang: Romani
word: raj
lang: Russian
word: дже́нтльмен
roman: džéntlʹmen
lang: Russian
word: джентльме́н
roman: džentlʹmén
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: duine-uasal
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: госпо̀дин
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: gospòdin
lang: Sicilian
word: galantòminu
lang: Spanish
word: caballero
lang: Spanish
word: gentilhombre
lang: Spanish
word: hidalgo
lang: Spanish
word: hijodalgo
lang: Spanish
word: gentleman
lang: Spanish
word: fidalgo (disused)
lang: Spanish
word: fijodalgo (disused)
lang: Spanish
word: hijo de algo
lang: Swedish
word: herre
lang: Tagalog
word: ginoo
lang: Turkish
word: efendi
lang: Turkish
word: beyefendi
lang: Turkish
word: centilmen
lang: Turkish
word: bey
lang: Turkish
word: çelebi
lang: Arabic
word: سَادَتِي
roman: sādatī
lang: Armenian
word: պարոն
roman: paron
lang: Bengali
word: সাহেব
roman: śaheb
lang: Bengali
word: মিঞা
roman: mĩa
lang: Bengali
word: বাবু
roman: babu
lang: Bulgarian
word: господи́н
roman: gospodín
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 紳士 /绅士
roman: shēnshì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 先生們 /先生们
roman: xiānshengmen
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 各位
roman: gèwèi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 諸君 /诸君
roman: zhūjūn
lang: Danish
word: hr.
lang: Dutch
word: heren
lang: Esperanto
word: sinjoro
lang: Finnish
word: herra
lang: French
word: messieurs
lang: Galician
word: señor
lang: Galician
word: cabaleiro
lang: Georgian
word: ბატონი
roman: baṭoni
lang: German
word: Herr
lang: German
word: meine Herren
lang: Greek
word: κύριοι
roman: kýrioi
lang: Hungarian
word: urak
lang: Icelandic
word: herramenn
lang: Italian
word: signor
lang: Italian
word: signori
lang: Japanese
word: 各位
roman: kakui
lang: Japanese
word: 諸君
roman: shokun
lang: Japanese
word: 先生
roman: sensei
lang: Japanese
word: お客様
roman: o-kyaku-sama
lang: Japanese
word: だんな
roman: danna
lang: Khmer
word: សុភាពបុរស
roman: sŏphéapbŏrsâ
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: hêja
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: rêzdar
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: birêz
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: mamoste
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: seyda
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: efendî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ezbenî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ez-xulam
lang: Macedonian
word: господин
roman: gospodin
lang: Polish
word: panowie
lang: Portuguese
word: senhor
lang: Romanian
word: domnilor
lang: Romanian
word: domnii mei
lang: Russian
word: господи́н
roman: gospodín
lang: Russian
word: су́дарь
roman: súdarʹ
lang: Russian
word: уважа́емый
roman: uvažájemyj
lang: Russian
word: господа́
roman: gospodá
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: господине
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: господа
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: gospodine
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: gospoda
lang: Sicilian
word: signuri
lang: Sicilian
word: vussìa
lang: Spanish
word: señores
lang: Swedish
word: herr
lang: Swedish
word: herre
lang: Turkish
word: bey