gentlemanˈdʒɛn tl mən
gentleman (n)
- plural
- gentlemen
English Definitions:
gentleman (noun)
a man of refinement
valet, valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, man (noun)
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
"Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"
gentleman (Noun)
A man of breeding or higher class.
gentleman (Noun)
A polite term referring to a man.
gentleman (Noun)
A polite form of address to a group of men.
gentleman (Noun)
Toilets intended for use by men.
gentleman (Noun)
A cricketer of independent wealth, who does not (require to) get paid to play the sport
gentleman (Noun)
Amateur.
Gentleman
In modern speech the term gentleman refers to any man of good, courteous conduct. It may also refer to all men collectively, as in indications of gender-separated facilities, or as a sign of the speaker's own courtesy when addressing others. In its original meaning, the term denoted a man of the lowest rank of the English gentry, standing below an esquire and above a yeoman. By definition, this category included the younger sons of the younger sons of peers and the younger sons of baronets, knights, and esquires in perpetual succession, and thus the term captures the common denominator of gentility shared by both constituents of the English aristocracy: the peerage and the gentry. In this sense, the word equates with the French gentilhomme, which latter term has been, in Great Britain, long confined to the peerage; Maurice Keen points to the category of "gentlemen" in this context as thus constituting "the nearest contemporary English equivalent of the noblesse of France". The notion of "gentlemen" as encapsulating the members of the hereditary ruling class was what the rebels under John Ball in the 14th century meant when they repeated:
Gentleman
A gentleman (Old French: gentilz hom, gentle + man) is any man of good and courteous conduct. Originally, gentleman was the lowest rank of the landed gentry of England, ranking below an esquire and above a yeoman; by definition, the rank of gentleman comprised the younger sons of the younger sons of peers, and the younger sons of a baronet, a knight, and an esquire, in perpetual succession. As such, the connotation of the term gentleman captures the common denominator of gentility (and often a coat of arms); a right shared by the peerage and the gentry, the constituent classes of the British nobility.
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