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gentleman

Meaning

  1. Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
  2. (broadly, polite, term-of-address) Any man.
  3. (historical) 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.
  4. (derogatory) An effeminate or oversophisticated man.
  5. (derogatory, historical, sometimes, usually) An amateur or dabbler in any field, particularly those of independent means.
  6. An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.

Synonyms

lord
A1
nobleman
C2
aristocrat
20k
master
A2
sir
A1
noble
B2
man
A1
👨
patrician
blue blood
wellborn
peer
C2
Mr.
A1
lady
A1
gent
C2
mister
B1

gentleman’s gentleman

rich person

hero
B1
🦸‍♂️
husband
A1
🤵
landowner
28k
valet
C2

valet de chambre

warrior
B2
young man
Sir
A1
male
B1
♂️
king
A1
👑
man of the world
horseman
C2
menial
32k
he
A1
👨
monsieur
B1
monsignor
C2
esquire
26k
elder
B2
don
A1
domestic
C1
person
A1
🧑‍🦱
principal
B2
robustness
ruler
C1
scholar
C1
seignior
senor
C1
servant
B2
servitor
signor
C2
chief
A2

toff

man who indulges women

Translations

Herr
👨
caballero
monsieur
gentilhomme
🤵‍♂️
señor
signore
heer
senhor
👨
Gentleman
🤵‍♂️

rêzdar

κύριος

mamoste
🧑‍🏫
gentleman
🤵‍♂️
seyda
🧑‍🏫
gentiluomo
🤵‍♂️
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
gentilman
In summary

From Middle English gentilman, morphologically gentle + man, partial calque of Old French gentilhome.

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