Definition of "gentleman" []

• A man of gentle or noble birth or superior social position: "He's too much a gentleman to be a scholar” ( Aphra Behn). (noun)
• A well-mannered and considerate man with high standards of proper behavior. See Usage Note at lady. (noun)
• A man of independent means who does not need to have a wage-paying job. (noun)
• A man: Do you know this gentleman? (noun)
• Used as a form of address for a group of men. (noun)

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• "But every gentleman is a _gentleman_ to his _valet_, for the qualities that distinguish the gentleman are every day and every hour manifested."
• "Then William Ions, the express-boy, being shewn to the last witness, St. John, he says, "this is the boy whom I saw sent with one of the two expresses that was sent that night; this lad went with the express to the Port-admiral at Deal, I believe; it was the express that Mr. Wright gave him from the gentleman who was there; _from that gentleman_.""
• ""Prof. gentleman" a _perfect gentleman_; cool, quiet, thoughtful, and _perfectly competent to execute his undertaking_."