gentlehood

That I am marked with the hall-mark of gentlehood there is no discussion ... unless either of you care to discuss the matter now ...

THE PRINCESS 2010

He grieved bitterly over his own ill-doings, and knew well what changes gentlehood would have demanded from him.

Framley Parsonage 2004

Surely if she had resisted the impulse to try that weapon, she might have found another as effective, the use of which would not have compromised her gentlehood and lessened her self-esteem.

The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Sarah Grand

A distorted habit of mind and the incredible difficulties of communication in the remote West during the first half of the nineteenth century had gradually caused James Ruan to sink his gentlehood in a wilful boorishness that left him a fierce pride of race and almost feudal powers, but the tastes and habits of his own labourers.

Secret Bread F. Tennyson Jesse

That I am marked with the hall-mark of gentlehood there is no discussion ... unless either of you care to discuss the matter now ...

The Princess 1918

Perhaps in his court might dwell gentlehood and reason.

The Path of the King John Buchan 1907

'And though you are the first of knights,' exclaimed the fourth, 'you shall win fame for your courtesy and gentlehood, no less than for your valour.'

The Red Romance Book Andrew Lang 1900

In the long years in which Gonzague had contrived to establish for himself the enviable reputation of the ideal of high gentlehood, he had very quietly and cautiously formed, as it were, a kind of court within a court -- a court that was carefully formed for the faithful service of his interests.

The Duke's Motto A Melodrama 1898

If I cannot be a fine lady, you must be content to do without your gentlehood.

The Fool Errant Maurice Hewlett 1892

They are instinctively gentlemen, if gentlehood consist, as I believe, in having regard for other people's feelings.

In a Green Shade A Country Commentary Maurice Hewlett 1892