Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person of gentle or noble birth or superior social position; a lady or a gentleman.
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- noun A
gentleman orgentlewoman ; a member of thegentry .
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Examples
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I think that there should be some kind of gentleperson’s agreement that every comic book that gets adapted in this fashion must be licensed and translated for English-language release just because.
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I think that there should be some kind of gentleperson’s agreement that every comic book that gets adapted in this fashion must be licensed and translated for English-language release just because.
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I think that there should be some kind of gentleperson’s agreement that every comic book that gets adapted in this fashion must be licensed and translated for English-language release just because.
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I was responding to the gentleperson who invoked Krugman, though perhaps he or she did so for reasons other than questioning which countries represented in Nuremberg had blood on their hands.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Garzon and the Trouble with International Law” 2010
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He was ever the gentleperson - cooperative, kind, thoughtful, and funny.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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He was ever the gentleperson - cooperative, kind, thoughtful, and funny.
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"If you'd acted like a gentleperson in this matter, Snaugenhutt wouldn't be tearing up your front hall right now, " Buncan assured him.
The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010
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I was responding to the gentleperson who invoked Krugman, though perhaps he or she did so for reasons other than questioning which countries represented in Nuremberg had blood on their hands.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Garzon and the Trouble with International Law” 2010
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I took Dad down to the rich part of town, with lots of gentleperson farms and horse paddocks, and then wound back home via Windy Hill, which has a gorgeous view of the valley.
Good Days (for a change!) Susan Palwick 2009
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Following this, I gave the story another once-over and send it out to a different market - where I promised a certain fine upstanding young gentleperson some fiction all the way back at Chattacon.
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