Antonyms for gents
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : jent |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒɛnt |
Definition of gents
Origin :- short for gentleman, by 17c. (in early uses it is difficult to distinguish the shortening from the common abbreviation gent.). "Early in the nineteenth century the word was colloquial and slightly jocular; about 1840 its use came to be regarded as a mark of low breeding" [OED].
- As in male : noun man
- As in bloke : noun older man
- As in chap : noun gentleman
- You gents feed your hosses the spur and leave the thinkin' to me.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- We said no, 'twas Booth Montague, and that he was waiting in the gents' parlor.
- Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- If I'm bitter, gents, it's because I speaks from hard experience.
- Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
- Ye see, gents, them ar mules is used to workin' with a perfesser.
- Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
- They never saw a pair of gents stolen before—you understand.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- There was three or four gents, and six or eight women-folks.
- Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
- Instead of "Give your orders, Gents—the Waiter's in the room!"
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 25, 1893 » by Various
- Shall be pleased to charter to you gents at a reasonable figure.
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
- Do you see who's standing there butting in on the private talk of two gents?
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
- "Nothing like luck in the fishing game, gents," observed the manager.
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
Synonyms for gents
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