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• gen|tle|man|ly — «JEHN tuhlm uhnl ee», adjective. like a gentleman; suitable for a gentleman; polite; well bred. –gen´tle|man|li|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• gen´tle|man|li|ness — gen|tle|man|ly «JEHN tuhlm uhnl ee», adjective. like a gentleman; suitable for a gentleman; polite; well bred. –gen´tle|man|li|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• gen|tle|man-at-arms — «JEHN tuhl muhn uht AHRMZ», noun, plural gen|tle|men at arms. (in England) one of forty gentlemen who act as guards or attendants to the sovereign on state occasions …   Useful english dictionary

• gen|tle|man-com|mon|er — «JEHN tuhl muhn KOM uh nuhr», noun, plural gen|tle|men com|mon|ers. one of a group of students who formerly had certain privileges at Oxford and Cambridge …   Useful english dictionary

• gen|tle|man|ship — «JEHN tuhl muhn shihp», noun. character or conduct of a gentleman; gentlemanliness …   Useful english dictionary

• un|gen|tle|man|ly — «uhn JEHN tuhl muhn lee», adjective. not gentlemanly; not befitting a gentleman; ill bred; impolite; rude: »It s only if a man s a gentleman that he won t hesitate to do an ungentlemanly thing (W. Somerset Maugham) …   Useful english dictionary

• un|gen|tle|man|li|ness — «uhn JEHN tuhl muhn lee nihs», noun. the character of being ungentlemanly …   Useful english dictionary

• gen´tle-man|like´ — …   Useful english dictionary

• gen|tle|per|son — «JEHN tuhl PUR suhn», noun. U.S. a polite term for a man or woman; gentleman or gentlewoman: »The ideological egalitarianism of these gentlepersons is uninhibited by thought…or by word refinement (National Review). Usage Gentleperson eliminates… …   Useful english dictionary

• tle — abris·tle; abus·tle; apos·tle; apos·tle·hood; apos·tle·ship; bait·tle; bat·tle·dore; bat·tle·ment; bat·tle·ment·ed; bat·tle·some; be·lit·tle; be·lit·tle·ment; bot·tle·ful; bris·tle·less; brus·tle; but·tle; cac·o·mis·tle; cas·tle·ry; cas·tle·ward; …   English syllables