The meaning of GENTLEMAN is a man of noble or gentle birth. How to use gentleman in a sentence.

The Complete English Gentleman (1630), by Richard Brathwait, shows the exemplary qualities of a gentleman. Gentleman (Old French: gentilz hom, gentle + man; abbreviated gent.) is a term for a chivalrous, courteous, or honorable man. [1]

GENTLEMAN definition: 1. a polite way of talking to or referring to a man: 2. a man who is polite and behaves well…. Learn more.

What does the noun gentleman mean? There are 20 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun gentleman , two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

A gentleman is a man who comes from a family of high social standing. ...this wonderful portrait of English gentleman Joseph Greenway. If you say that a man is a gentleman, you mean he is polite and educated, and can be trusted. He was always such a gentleman. You can address men as gentlemen, or refer politely to them as gentlemen.

gentleman, in English history, a man entitled to bear arms but not included in the nobility. In its original and strict sense the term denoted a man of good family, deriving from the Latin word gentilis and invariably translated in English-Latin documents as generosus.

GENTLEMAN meaning: 1. a man who behaves politely and treats people with respect: 2. a polite word for 'man', used…. Learn more.

[countable] a man who is polite and well educated, who has excellent manners and always behaves well. You acted like a true gentleman. Thank you—you're a real gentleman. He was always the perfect gentleman. He's no gentleman! He was too much of …

If you say that a man is a gentleman, you mean he is polite and educated, and can be trusted.

GENTLEMAN meaning: 1 : a man who treats other people in a proper and polite way; 2 : man used especially in polite speech or when speaking to a group of men