gentlewoman
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“Portrait of a Court Lady,” acquired in 2013, shows the nearly life-size image of a refined gentlewoman seated on a garden terrace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
"Because being a polite gentleman or gentlewoman is all about first impressions," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
“I know the gentlewoman to be open minded about LG and B people,” said Takano, who is gay, referring to lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
One of his stories is about a Southern gentlewoman who keeps her dead fiance’s corpse in her bed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
So the natural thing would have been for her to go out and live with Judith, the natural thing for her or any Southern woman, gentlewoman.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
The Lady was established in 1885 by Thomas Gibson Bowles, as a magazine for gentlewomen, a weekly guide to navigating the social minefield of well-to-do British life.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025
But the gentlewomen are in rare form in this movie, and adding Imelda Staunton to the mix as Violet’s hated cousin Maud Bagshaw, the queen’s lady-in-waiting, sharpens their barbs.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2019
In 1987, when my book first appeared, the scholarly consensus was that “Dido and Aeneas” was written for Josias Priest’s boarding school for young gentlewomen.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2017
He rarely attempts to find evidence that would get a senator or CEO thrown in jail. gentlemen and gentlewomen do this daily.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2011
She was one of the few gentlewomen I have ever known, and has remained throughout my life the measure of what a human being can be.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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