Gentleman

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.

   “I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed.”

2. isim Any man.

   “Please escort this gentleman to the gentlemen's room.”

3. isim A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight.

   “Being a gentleman, Robert was entitled to shove other commoners into the gongpit but he still had to jump out of the way of the knights to avoid the same fate himself.”

4. isim An effeminate or oversophisticated man.

   “Well, la-di-da, aren't you just a proper gentleman?”

5. isim An amateur or dabbler in any field, particularly those of independent means.

   “Latrobe had extensive dealings with Jefferson, the most prominent gentleman-architect in the United States.”

6. isim An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.
7. özel isim A surname transferred from the nickname.