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Noun: gentleman (gentlemen)  jen-t(u)l-mun
  1. A man of refinement
    "He was every inch a gentleman, polite and well-mannered"
     
  2. A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer
    "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's gentleman's gentleman";
    - valet, valet de chambre, gentleman's gentleman, man
     
  3. [archaic] A polite or formal term referring to a man
    "The gentleman in the blue suit is Mr. Johnson"

Derived forms: gentlemen

Type of: adult male, body servant, bozo [N. Amer, informal], cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], hombre [N. Amer, informal], houseboy, man, manservant, sod [informal]

Encyclopedia: Gentleman, Robert