gentleman

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A polite, well-mannered man.

   He held the door open for everyone, a true gentleman.

2. 2
   noun

   A polite way to refer to any man.

   Could you show this gentleman to his seat?

3. 3
   noun

   In the past, a man of good social position who did not need to work for a living.

   In the novel, the young gentleman lived off the income from his family estate.

From Middle English gentilman, morphologically gentle + man, partial calque of Old French gentilhome.

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