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gentleman
What does gentleman mean?
gentleman (noun): a man of refinement.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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How do you pronounce gentleman?
/ˈdʒɛntəlmən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does gentleman come from?
From Middle English gentilman, morphologically gentle + man, partial calque of Old French gentilhome.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to gentleman
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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the day after today
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a place or location
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a man of refinement
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