Meaning

6 senses

  1. Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.

    Herr

    господи́нgospodín, су́дарьsúdarʹ, уважа́емыйuvažájemyj

    панpan

    a man of refinement

  2. (broadly, polite, term of address)Any man.

    Please escort this gentleman to the gentlemen's room.

  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.

    Being a gentleman, Robert was entitled to shove other commoners into the gongpit but he still had to jump out of the way of the knights to avoid the same fate himself.

  4. (derogatory)An effeminate or oversophisticated man.

    Well, la-di-da, aren't you just a proper gentleman?

  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.

Examples

377 sentences

  1. He used to be a gentleman.

    Він був джентельменом. — Ahha

    ruОн был джентльменом. — Biga

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  2. Ladies and gentlemen, please come this way.

    Пані та панове, сюди, будь ласка. — deniko

    ruДамы и господа, пожалуйста, сюда. — odexed

    deMeine Damen und Herren, kommen Sie bitte hierher. — Hans_Adler

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  3. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like you to listen to my opinion.

    Пані та панове, хочу вислухати вашу думку. — ascolto

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  4. A true gentleman never betrays his friends.

    Справжній джентльмен ніколи не зраджує своїх друзів. — deniko

    deEin echter Gentleman verrät seine Freunde nicht. — MUIRIEL

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  5. I see a gentleman and a lady.

    Я бачу пана та пані. — deniko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man:
Русский
By meaning 2
man of breeding:
polite form of address to a man:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
man of breeding:
polite form of address to a man:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: gentlemen
Singulargentleman
Pluralgentlemen

irregular · Lesson

Synonyms

5 synonyms
sahib
Close in meaning

Word family

34 related words
Relatedgentlewomangentleladygentlemanly
Derivedcountry gentlemanfirst gentlemangentgentleboygentleman-at-armsgentleman-commonergentleman cowgentleman farmgentleman farmergentlemanhoodgentleman-in-waitinggentlemanishgentlemanismgentlemanizegentlemanlinessgentleman-pensionergentleman rankergentleman's betgentleman scientistgentleman's gentlemangentlemanshipgentleman ushergentlemen's clubgentlemen's room

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

5 patterns
  • ladies and gentlemen
  • is a gentleman
  • perfect gentleman
  • like a gentleman
  • know that gentleman

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gentilegentleA2gentlemanlygentlenessgentlyB2

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