gentlemen

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These schools weren’t quite a direct pipeline into the American armed services, but their implicit promise was to cultivate gentlemen, if not always literal officers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

"I used to think they were gentlemen," Nasibo says of the British military.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

“We’re in a tough spot, ladies and gentlemen, and I can’t identify a lot of good options, even as ships carrying Marines are heading for the Gulf,” he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Montaigne “has seen too much of gentlemen in the long robe, until he wishes for cannibals,” he suggests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

For, as Madison assured Jackson, “such things are not contemplated by any gentlemen in the congress.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis