Gentleman

Noun

 * 1) A man of breeding or higher class.
 * 2) A polite term referring to a man.
 * Please direct this gentleman to the menswear department.
 * 1)  A polite form of address to a group of men.
 * Follow me, gentlemen.
 * 1)  Toilets intended for use by men.
 * 2)  A cricketer of independent wealth, who does not (require to) get paid to play the sport
 * 3)  Amateur.
 * 4) * 2004, Mary N. Woods, "The First Professional: Benjamin Henry Latrobe", in, Keith L. Eggener, editor, American Architectural History: A Contemporary Reader, Routledge, electronic edition, ISBN 0203643682, page 119 :
 * Latrobe had extensive dealings with Jefferson, the most prominent gentleman-architect in the United States.

Synonyms

 * gents, little boy's room , men's room

Antonyms

 * professional, player

Related terms

 * gentlewoman
 * gentlelady

Derived terms

 * gentleman of leisure

Adjectives for Gentleman
worthy; dignified; conservative; old-fashioned; prosy; antique; majestic; country; whiskered; eligible; aristocratic; credulous; digressive; gallant; decorous; opulent; polished; decrepit; unusual; chivalrous; superannuated; curious; studious; lovely; legal-looking; vacuous-looking; benevolent; eccentric; elderly; ceremonious; fastidious;venerable; scholarly; valiant;  flippant; loyal; downright; reverend; inane; decayed; clerical; suave; heedless; sober; fat; landed; frayed; frail; silk-stockinged.

Verbs for Gentleman
admire—; bear like—; be born—; behave like—; conduct like—; define—; denote—; disguise as—; educate as—; grace—; mellow into—; pass for a—; perfect—; produce—; respect—; transform into—; welcome—; —considers; —forbears; —honors; —reproaches; —respects; —submits; —sympathizes; —understands.

Thesaurus
Brahman, Brahmin, acceptable person, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, bloke, blue blood, boy, buck, butler, capital fellow, chap, chauffeur, chevalier, coachman, count, daimio, diamond, driver, duke, earl, equerry, esquire, faithful, fellow, galantuomo, gardener, gee, gem, gent, gentilhomme, gillie, good fellow, good lot, good man, good person, good sort, good woman, grand duke, grandee, guy, he, hidalgo, him, his, hombre, homme, honest man, honest woman, houseboy, houseman, jewel, lace-curtain, lady, laird, landgrave, lord, lord-in-waiting, lordling, magnate, magnifico, male, male being, male person, man, man of honor, manservant, margrave, marquis, masculine, mensch, nob, noble, nobleman, optimate, palsgrave, patrician, pearl, peer, perfect gentleman, perfect lady, persona grata, prince, real lady, real man, right sort, rough diamond, seigneur, seignior, silk-stocking, squire, straight shooter, swell, thoroughbred, true blue, truepenny, trusty, upper-cruster, valet, valet de chambre, viscount, waldgrave, woman of honor, worthy

Etymology
From gentili-s, belonging to the same gens or stock.

Translations

 * Arabic: جنتلمان, شهم,  مؤدب,  مهذب
 * Armenian: ջենտլմեն
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 紳士, 绅士
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 紳士
 * Kurdish:, , , , ,
 * Polish:
 * Russian: джентльмен
 * Scottish Gaelic: duine-uasal
 * Swedish:, adelsman


 * Arabic: السيد, سيد,  أفندي,  خواجا
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: спадар,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Icelandic: herramaður, herra, aðalsmaður, heiðursmaður, ljúfmenni, prúðmenni, valmenni m
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (usually omitted),, お客様 ,  だんな
 * Kurdish: hêja, rêzdar, birêz, mamoste, seyda, efendî
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: domn, gentlemen
 * Russian:,  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: duine-uasal
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian:


 * Arabic: سادتي
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 紳士, 绅士,  先生們,  先生们,  ,  ,  ,
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: κύριοι


 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kurdish: hêja, rêzdar, birêz, mamoste, seyda, efendî, ezbenî, ez-xulam
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: domnilor!, domnii mei!
 * Russian: господа (gospodá) (plural of господин)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 男廁所, 男厕所
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: karlaklósett


 * Japanese: 男性用トイレ
 * Norwegian: herrer, herretoalett
 * Romanian: bărbați, domni
 * Russian: мужской туалет
 * Swedish: herrtoalett

Etymology
From

Noun

 * , especially an anglophone one

Anagrams

 * mélangent