Noun

(gentlemen)

A well?mannered or charming man.

A man of breeding or higher class.

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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.

A polite term referring to a man.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.}}

A polite form of address to a group of men.

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Toilets intended for use by men.

(lb) A cricketer of independent wealth, who does not (require to) get paid to play the sport.

Amateur.

*2004 , Mary N. Woods, "The First Professional: Benjamin Henry Latrobe", in, Keith L. Eggener, editor, American Architectural History: A Contemporary Reader , (Routledge), electronic edition, ISBN 0203643682, p.119 [http://books.google.com/books?id=-dDKjSIDdksC&pg=PA119&dq=gentleman]:

Latrobe had extensive dealings with Jefferson, the most prominent gentleman- architect in the United States.

Noun

(Englishmen)

A male native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by birth, descent, or naturalization.

* c. 1541 , The Chronicle of Calais , London 1846:

the Ynglishe men' had great vyctorye, for there was taken and slayne a greate nombar, and there was slayne the lorde Morley and ' Englishe man .

* 1931 , (Noel Coward), "Mad Dogs and Englishmen":

In Bangkok at twelve o'clock they foam at the mouth and run, / But mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.

* 2003 , Richard Schickel, "Sweet Agonies of Affection", Time , 3 Nov 2003:

He has his dark -- well, darkish -- side under control. Which is to say that he is an Englishman , well practiced in masking pain and absurdity and descents into sheer goofiness with mannerly behavior, sly irony and stiff upper lips.

(UK) The grey partridge (in opposition to the Frenchman, ie the red-legged partridge).