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gentleman

[jen-tl-muhn] / ˈdʒɛn tl mən /


NOUN
a well-born person
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Mr. Brumwell is the author of “George Washington: Gentleman Warrior.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Mr. Towles is the author of the bestsellers “A Gentleman in Moscow,” “The Lincoln Highway” and “Table for Two.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

“The Gentleman From Peru” takes place in a hotel where a group of friends are spellbound by a stranger’s tale of thwarted romance.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

But in contrast to the carnage he caused during conflict, Almonds hailed from the peaceful Lincolnshire village of Stixwould, near Woodhall Spa, and the Gentleman Jim nickname was coined by his fellow SAS originals.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025

His face was arresting, sensitive, medieval in some strange inexplicable way, and I was reminded of a portrait seen in a gallery I had forgotten where, of a certain Gentleman Unknown.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier




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