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gentlemen



NOUN
a well-born person
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“I have visions of older gentlemen going out at night and doing it in balaclavas and golf jumpers,” said Susan Oliver, who runs SO & Co., a fashion accessories and gift store in town.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Jewish by birth, Disraeli was a departure from the aristocrats and country gentlemen whose party he refashioned.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

"There's a lot of discussion -- the MoU, the gentleman's agreements, the final deal. Words don't matter, ladies and gentlemen, we're about verification," Vance told reporters.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

At the start of the 20th century, Southern California was home to an astonishing number of military academies designed to turn boys into officers and gentlemen.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

The heat was getting to me, or the billiard room’s confines, or maybe it was the copious amounts of cigar smoke wafting from the gentlemen on either side of us.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros



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