Gent

//d͡ʒɛnt// adj, name, noun, slang

adj, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A gentleman. colloquial

    "He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent."

  2. 2
    Clipping of gentamicin. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable
  3. 3
    a boy or man wordnet
  4. 4
    informal abbreviation of ‘gentleman’ wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful. obsolete

    "He lou'd, as was his lot, a Ladie gent, / That him againe lou'd in the least degree […]"

  2. 2
    neat; pretty; elegant obsolete

    "Her body gent and small."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Ghent, Belgium; from Dutch Gent. alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

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blighterblokeboybuckcatchap

Antonyms

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lady

Example

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"He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Short for gentleman.

Etymology 2

From Middle English gent, from Old French gent, ultimately from Latin genitum (“born”).

Related phrases

city gentladies and gentswell bred

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