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gentleman

[jen-tl-muhn] / ˈdʒɛn tl mən /


NOUN
a well-born person
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The Solid Rock Mission Church official said he remembered Porter as a child, when he was always smiling and had the manners of an old Southern gentleman.

From Los Angeles Times

Still, that someone who dresses like a Victorian gentleman on a penny-farthing can wrap his head around digital currency speaks to the power of the past to inform the present.

From The Wall Street Journal

Among the well known names to pay tribute to Cook when he died was boxing promoter Frank Warren, who posted on social media that he was a "true gentleman of our sport".

From BBC

And a gentleman by the name of Ricky Calliar, who I speak a lot of lately because he was an important mentor in my life as a child.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m here to buy arms,” Vasdev told an older Sikh gentleman who noticed him at the train station on arrival, according to family lore.

From The Wall Street Journal