gentleman
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
- Any man.
- 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.
- An effeminate or oversophisticated man.
- An amateur or dabbler in any field, particularly those of independent means.
- An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.
name
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
Pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/
[ˈd͡ʒɛɾ̃.ɫ̩.mən]
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Word forms
gentleman
gentlemen
Gentlemans
Etymology
From Middle English gentilman, morphologically gentle + man, partial calque of Old French gentilhome.
Synonyms
Related words
Derived words
April gentleman
country gentleman
first gentleman
gent
gentleboy
gentleman about town
gentleman and scholar
gentleman-at-arms
gentleman-commoner
gentleman cow
gentleman farm
gentleman farmer
gentlemanhood
gentleman-in-waiting
gentlemanish
gentlemanism
gentlemanize
Gentleman Jim
gentlemanliness
gentlemanly
gentleman of leisure
gentleman of the back door
gentleman's bet
gentleman's C
gentleman scientist
gentleman's gentleman
gentlemanship
gentleman usher
gentlemen's agreement
gentlemen's club
gentlemen's room
gentlethem
ladies and gentlemen
leading gentleman
old gentleman
put the beggar on the gentleman
Reverend Gentleman
scholar and gentleman
second gentleman
temporary gentleman
transgentleman
ungentleman
walking gentleman
Translations
Afrikaans: heer
Arabic: جِنْتِلْمَان
Arabic: شَهْم
Arabic: مُؤَدَّب
Arabic: مُهَذَّب
Arabic: سَادَتِي
Armenian: ջենտլմեն
Armenian: պարոն
Bhojpuri: सज्जन
Bulgarian: благоро́дник
Bulgarian: господи́н
Catalan: cavaller
Chinese Mandarin: 紳士 /绅士
Chinese Mandarin: 先生們 /先生们
Chinese Mandarin: 各位
Chinese Mandarin: 諸君 /诸君
Dutch: heer
Dutch: heren
Esperanto: ĝentlemano
Esperanto: sinjoro
Estonian: härra
Finnish: säätyläismies
Finnish: herra
French: gentilhomme
French: messieurs
Georgian: ჯენტლმენი
Georgian: ბატონი
German: Herr
German: meine Herren
Greek: κύριος
Greek: ευπατρίδης
Greek: κύριοι
Hebrew: גְּבִיר
Hindi: सज्जन
Icelandic: herra
Icelandic: herramenn
Irish: duine uasal
Italian: gentiluomo
Italian: galantuomo
Italian: signor
Italian: signori
Japanese: 紳士
Japanese: ジェントルマン
Japanese: ゼントルマン
Japanese: 各位
Japanese: 諸君
Japanese: 先生
Japanese: お客様
Japanese: だんな
Khmer: បុរសសង្ហា
Khmer: បុរសសមសួន
Khmer: បុរស
Khmer: សុភាពបុរស
Korean: 신사
Korean: 젠틀맨
Northern Kurdish: hêja
Northern Kurdish: rêzdar
Northern Kurdish: birêz
Northern Kurdish: mamoste
Northern Kurdish: seyda
Northern Kurdish: efendî
Northern Kurdish: ezbenî
Northern Kurdish: ez-xulam
Macedonian: господин
Māori: tangata mārire
Iranian Persian: جِنْتِلْمَن
Iranian Persian: لودی
Polish: dżentelmen
Polish: panowie
Portuguese: fidalgo
Portuguese: nobre
Portuguese: gentil-homem
Portuguese: senhor
Romani: raj
Russian: дже́нтльмен
Russian: господи́н
Russian: су́дарь
Russian: уважа́емый
Russian: господа́
Scottish Gaelic: duine-uasal
Serbo-Croatian: госпо̀дин
Serbo-Croatian: gospòdin
Serbo-Croatian: господине
Serbo-Croatian: господа
Serbo-Croatian: gospodine
Serbo-Croatian: gospoda
Sicilian: galantòminu
Sicilian: signuri
Sicilian: vussìa
Spanish: caballero
Spanish: gentilhombre
Spanish: hidalgo
Spanish: hijodalgo
Spanish: gentleman
Spanish: fidalgo (disused)
Spanish: fijodalgo (disused)
Spanish: hijo de algo
Spanish: señores
Swedish: herre
Swedish: herr
Tagalog: ginoo
Turkish: efendi
Turkish: beyefendi
Turkish: centilmen
Turkish: bey
Turkish: çelebi
Bengali: সাহেব
Bengali: মিঞা
Bengali: বাবু
Danish: hr.
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