Entry Word: gentlewoman

Function: noun

Meaning: a woman of high birth or social position <in the 19th century a number of American gentlewomen used their wealth and influence to further abolitionism, womenʼs rights, and other worthy causes>

Synonyms dame, lady, noblewoman

Related Words ladyship, madam; baroness, countess, duchess, marchioness; czarina (also tsarina or tzarina), empress, queen; dowager, matriarch, matron, mistress