Definition of "gentles" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gentle. (verb)

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• "The bait they generally use consists of dyed whiskers, and a distant relationship to some of the "gentles" or nobles of the land."
• "I learned soon after that it is a French word meaning the little grey worms which fishermen call "gentles," and that it was not such a complimentary appellation as I had imagined; but Asticot I became, and"
• "For this very reason the "gentles" commonly suffer most.]"