gentleman
gent·le·man
noun
1.
a man of refinement
2.
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
- “Jeeves was Bertie Wooster”
Origin
From Middle English gentilman, morphologically gentle + man, partial calque of Old French gentilhome.
Phrases
- April gentleman
- country gentleman
- first gentleman
- gentleman about town
- gentleman and scholar
- gentleman cow
- gentleman farm
- gentleman farmer
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