Found 5 hits - Term: gentleman, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gannet \gan"net\, n. oe. gant, as. ganet, ganot, a sea fowl, a
fen duck; akin to d. gent gander, ohg. ganazzo. see gander,
goose. zool.
one of several species of sea birds of the genus sula,
allied to the pelicans.
1913 webster
note: the common gannet of europe and america sula
bassana, is also called solan goose, chandel
goose, and gentleman. in florida the wood ibis is
commonly called gannet.
1913 webster
booby gannet. see sula.
1913 webster
see also:
gander goose sula sula bassana solan goose chandel goose
gentleman booby gannet
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gentleman \gen"tleman\, n.; pl. gentlemen. oe. gentilman
nobleman; gentil noble + man man; cf. f. gentilhomme.
1913 webster
1. a man well born; one of good family; one above the
condition of a yeoman.
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2. one of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man.
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3. her. one who bears arms, but has no title.
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4. the servant of a man of rank.
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the count's gentleman, one cesario. --shak.
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5. a man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the
plural = citizens; people, in addressing men in popular
assemblies, etc.
1913 webster
note: in great britain, the term gentleman is applied in a
limited sense to those having coats of arms, but who
are without a title, and, in this sense, gentlemen hold
a middle rank between the nobility and yeomanry. in a
more extended sense, it includes every man above the
rank of yeoman, comprehending the nobility. in the
united states, the term is applied to men of education
and good breeding of every occupation.
1913 webster
gentleman commoner, one of the highest class of commoners
at the university of oxford.
gentleman usher, one who ushers visitors into the presence
of a sovereign, etc.
gentleman usher of the black rod, an usher belonging to the
order of the garter, whose chief duty is to serve as
official messenger of the house of lords.
gentlemen-at-arms, a band of forty gentlemen who attend the
sovereign on state occasions; formerly called gentlemen
pensioners. eng.
1913 webster
see also:
gentlemen gentleman commoner gentleman usher gentleman usher of the black rod gentlemen-at-arms gentlemen pensioners
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
gentleman
n 1: a man of refinement
2: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his
employer; "jeeves was bertie wooster's man" syn: valet,
valet de chambre, gentleman's gentleman, man
see also:
valet valet de chambre gentleman's gentleman man
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
107 moby thesaurus words for "gentleman":
brahman, brahmin, acceptable person, archduke, aristocrat, armiger,
baron, baronet, bloke, blue blood, boy, buck, butler,
capital fellow, chap, chauffeur, chevalier, coachman, count,
daimio, diamond, driver, duke, earl, equerry, esquire, faithful,
fellow, galantuomo, gardener, gee, gem, gent, gentilhomme, gillie,
good fellow, good lot, good man, good person, good sort,
good woman, grand duke, grandee, guy, he, hidalgo, him, his,
hombre, homme, honest man, honest woman, houseboy, houseman, jewel,
lace-curtain, lady, laird, landgrave, lord, lord-in-waiting,
lordling, magnate, magnifico, male, male being, male person, man,
man of honor, manservant, margrave, marquis, masculine, mensch,
nob, noble, nobleman, optimate, palsgrave, patrician, pearl, peer,
perfect gentleman, perfect lady, persona grata, prince, real lady,
real man, right sort, rough diamond, seigneur, seignior,
silk-stocking, squire, straight shooter, swell, thoroughbred,
true blue, truepenny, trusty, upper-cruster, valet,
valet de chambre, viscount, waldgrave, woman of honor, worthy
- [5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
gentleman. in the english law, according to sir edward coke, is one who
bears a coat of armor. 2 inst. 667. in the united states, this word is
unknown to the law, but in many places it is applied, by courtesy, to all
men. see poth. proc. crim. sect. 1, app. sec. 3.
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