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gentleman

noun as in a courteous and honorable man

noun as in a well-born person

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“In Japan, fountain pens are geared toward older gentlemen,” she says.

There’s an elderly gentleman named George who has been stopping by the funeral home on occasion to talk about anything from the weather to the most recent details of his grief work.

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"I heard a voice beside me, there was a gentleman to my right lying on the road, he said: 'I am hit son, I am hit'."

From BBC

The once-proud Highland gentleman whose room it was had been served his breakfast and had spent hours sitting alone in there.

From BBC

Below the cliff where Arisu and this gentleman converse lies a vast body of churning water with a foreboding whirlpool at its heart.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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