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gentleman

noun as in a courteous and honorable man

noun as in a well-born person

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“Ladies and gentlemen, we are bringing to you the most important story of this century.”

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He’s such a soft-spoken gentleman but he also has this hilarious, brutal honesty about him, which was always really great.

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"He was just a really nice old gentleman and a really good piano player," she said.

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Every night, the gentlemen suit up and the ladies don their finery, although nothing is as fancy as when the family hosts balls or extremely fancy dinners for special guests.

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But the gentleman farmer couldn’t stay down on the farm for long.

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

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