Definition of gentleman Gentleman

/ʤɛˈntʌlmʌn/ - [jentulmun] - gen•tle•man

We found 18 definitions of gentleman from 6 different sources.

What does gentleman mean?

Noun Plural: gentlemen
gentleman - a man of refinement
		adult male, man game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
		don a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename; "Don Roberto"
		gent port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry
gentleman - a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"
		valet, valet de chambre, gentleman's gentleman, man
		manservant a man servant
		body servant a valet or personal maid

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gentleman (Noun)
A well‐mannered or charming man.
gentleman (Noun)
A man of breeding or higher class.
gentleman (Noun)
A polite term referring to a man.
gentleman (Noun)
A polite form of address to a group of men.
gentleman (Noun)
Toilets intended for use by men.
gentleman (Noun)
A cricketer of independent wealth, who does not require to get paid to play the sport.
gentleman (Noun)
Amateur.

gentleman (n.)
A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman.
gentleman (n.)
One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man.
gentleman (n.)
One who bears arms, but has no title.
gentleman (n.)
The servant of a man of rank.
gentleman (n.)
A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc.

gentleman
jen′tl-man, n. a man of good birth: one who without a title wears a coat of arms: more generally every man above the rank of yeoman, including the nobility: one above the trading classes: a man of refined manners: a polite term used for man in general: (Shak.) a body-servant:—pl. Gen′tlemen—also a word of address:—fem. Gen′tlewoman.—ns. Gen′tleman-at-arms, a member of the royal bodyguard, instituted in 1509, and now composed of military officers of service and distinction only; Gen′tleman-comm′oner, a member of the higher class of commoners at Oxford University; Gen′tlemanhood, Gen′tlemanship, the condition or character of a gentleman.—adjs. Gen′tlemanlike, Gen′tlemanly, well-bred, refined, generous; Gen′tlemanliness.—adj. Gen′tlewomanly, like a refined and well-bred woman.—n. Gen′tlewomanliness.—Gentleman farmer, a landowner who resides on his estate and superintends the cultivation of his own soil; Gentleman of the Chapel-royal, a lay-singer who assists the priests in the choral service of the royal chapel; Gentleman's gentleman, a valet, or gentleman's body-servant; Gentleman usher, a gentleman who serves as an usher at court, or as an attendant on a person of rank