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UK
/dʒˈɛntəlmən/
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[ US /ˈdʒɛnəɫmən, ˈdʒɛntəɫmən/ ]
[ US /ˈdʒɛnəɫmən, ˈdʒɛntəɫmən/ ]
NOUN
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a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man - a man of refinement
How To Use gentleman In A Sentence
- As the male voice completed its speech, she slowly shifted herself around to face a gentleman of medium height who had a smiling, benign countenance on his careworn features.
- The term "gentilhomme" is so liable to be confounded with "gentleman" that it needs explaining, for, despite the similarity of derivation, no two words can be more distinct. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876
- I was haunted by the beauty of the landscape all about, of the natural ferneries then disappearing, and of the domed forest-trees on the slopes, and was fortunate in meeting a gentleman intent on preserving in art the beauties of his country. Sailing Alone Around the World
- Otherwise, the sketch is exactly accurate, and is here presented as the unprejudiced description and estimate of a foreign gentleman, who had no inducement, such as might be attributed to a Southern writer, to overcolor his portrait. A Life of Gen Robert E Lee
- Then I saw how the ladies came alive at his gentlemanly attentions, how flattered they were by them.
- The young gentleman listens manfully to my abortive attempts to demonstrate my interest with a light smile, while I slowly turn an inelegant purple.
- The one are fellows called devilish good -- the other, fellows called devilish gentleman like. Godolphin, Complete
- He was a true gentleman and always had time for fans. The Sun
- That is a significant achievement, of which the hon. Gentleman should be aware.
- They took it in a very gentlemanly manner and directed me to a top-class agent. Times, Sunday Times