Gent
[dʒent] or [dʒɛnt]
Definition
(noun.) port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry.
(noun.) informal abbreviation of `gentleman'.
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Definition
(a.) Gentle; noble; of gentle birth.
(a.) Neat; pretty; fine; elegant.
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Definition
adj. (Spens.) noble.
n. familiar abbrev. of gentleman: one who apes the gentleman.
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Examples
- I see her grown up--gent'lmen--like a flower. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- They and the men generally spoke of me as 'the little gent', or 'the young Suffolker. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mas'r Davy bor'--gent'lmen growed--so th' are! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There's the gent'lman as you've heerd on, Em'ly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- If the national crown-piece is an old hat, then the thieving gent may have it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She's more to me--gent'lmen--than--she's all to me that ever I can want, and more than ever I--than ever I could say. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Which I ses t' this 'ere gent, growled Gurt in his raucous voice, 'w'ere is he? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Who made this 'ere, gents all? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- They've all gone t' kingdom come, gents! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Beggin' your pardon, gents both, but I dunno the bearin's of this 'ere island. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Now, gents, for the shore! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He's a fly-away chap, gents both, and a deal sight too handsome for my idea, sirs. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I seed, said Gurt, addressing no one in particular, as light a little craft as I ever clapped eyes on, gents. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- One morning, as we were hastening to breakfast, we came into Tremont Row, and saw a large crowd in front of two small 'gents' furnishing goods stores. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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