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Antonyms for gentleman

Grammar : Noun
Spell : jen-tl-muh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛn tl mən

Definition of gentleman

Origin :
  • "well-born man," early 13c., from gentle + man.
  • The Gentleman is always truthful and sincere; will not agree for the sake of complaisance or out of weakness ; will not pass over that of which he disapproves. He has a clear soul, and a fearless, straightforward tongue. On the other hand he is not blunt and rude. His truth is courteous; his courtesy, truthful; never a humbug, yet, where he truthfully can, he prefers to say pleasant things. [J.R. Vernon, "Contemporary Review," 1869]
  • Related: Gentlemen. Gentleman's agreement is first attested 1929. Gentleman farmer recorded from 1749.
  • noun a courteous and honorable man
  • noun a well-born person
Example sentences :
  • The country was rapidly becoming, they agreed, no place for a gentleman to live.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Was the gentleman” (he chose that word as he looked at the boys) “layman or clerk?
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • I did not, sir, apply it to a gentleman; I applied it to Mr Chatterton.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • I humbly apprehend, that Mr. Solmes has the spirit of a man, and a gentleman.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • My uncle Antony presented him to me, as a gentleman he had a particular friendship for.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Why should any one be taught to behave like a gentleman, so long as he is no gentleman?
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He is really a gentleman, however easily mistaken for something else.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The British lady, the British gentleman too, seems to cultivate a natural repellence.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • "Not at a boarding-house, at least," said that gentleman, enjoying the fun.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Does this gentleman crave my pardon for having used me despitefully?
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Synonyms for gentleman

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