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Noun
Glint or none, this gent had to be cracked.—Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026 His Buena Vista Social Club premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and the courtly gents from Havana beat out their electrifying rhythms.—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 June 2026 The 27-year-old Canadian, considered one of the most stylish gents in the game, officially joined the AP family in February.—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 May 2026 My favorite Kicks player was a gent from Cambridgeshire named Mike Bailey.—Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for gent
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Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, "of aristocratic birth, graceful, beautiful," borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin genitus, past participle of gignere "to engender" — more at kin entry 1