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Noun: gent  jent
Usage: informal
  1. Informal abbreviation of 'gentleman'
    "The dapper gent tipped his hat as he passed"
     
  2. A boy or man
    "that gent is your host";
    - chap [Brit, informal], fellow, feller [non-standard], fella [informal], lad [informal], blighter [Brit, informal], cuss [informal], bloke [Brit, informal], boyo [UK, Ireland], bucko [informal], dog [informal]
Noun: Gent  xhent
  1. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial centre; famous for cloth industry
    - Gand, Ghent

Derived forms: gents

Type of: city, gentleman, male, male person, metropolis, port, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Belgique, Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium

Encyclopedia: Gent, Mike