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gentleman

[jen-tl-muhn] / ˈdʒɛn tl mən /


NOUN
a well-born person
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Mr. Brumwell is the author of “George Washington: Gentleman Warrior.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Mr. Towles is the author of the bestsellers “A Gentleman in Moscow,” “The Lincoln Highway” and “Table for Two.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

“There was a part of me that just admired the bravery of what she’d done, and also the absolute sincerity of it,” Michaels shared in "Ladies & Gentleman… 50 Years of SNL Music."

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2025

Then, as Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff snapped pictures, Harris used a Sharpie to sign her desk drawer, a tradition that dates back to the 1940s and has been carried on continuously since the Ford administration.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

When we was got to Menotomy, there was in the middle of the Road a Gentleman at a Desk.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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