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Adult human males as a group or in the plural
“Ask the gentleman what his choice of beverage will be this evening.”
Plural for a man of honor and gentility
“Did I not say to you that his manners were those of a perfect gentleman?”
Plural for a male member of the nobility or aristocracy
“As we see in the Theognidean corpus, the ideal of the aristocratic gentleman gives little importance to the old qualities of physical courage or skill in war.”
Plural for a person who is fully grown or developed
(in the Middle Ages) Plural for a man who serves his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor
Plural for a provincial country gentleman or cottager, dwelling in a rural area
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