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as in nobleman
a man of high birth or social position
many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were gentlemen who were risking everything
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as in prince
an honorable and courteous man
was such a gentleman that he offered to call a cab for me
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Recent Examples of gentleman
Young at heart Little Bootsie is a handsome 12-year-old, black and white gentleman who proves that age is just a number.
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Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Pearls and portraiture and pearls are combined in headdresses; a gentleman’s glove is adorned with filigree and tourmalines.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
Those who knew Kok described him to the Daily News in 2019 as a kind and humble gentleman who traveled long distances for jobs in the service industry.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
Mulvaney’s penchant for girlish giggles and squeals between bites of her spaghetti pomodoro stand out in Arno, especially when juxtaposed against the sea of older gentlemen in an assortment of ill-fitting grey blazers sitting behind her at the bar.
—Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 18 Feb. 2026
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Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Pearls and portraiture and pearls are combined in headdresses; a gentleman’s glove is adorned with filigree and tourmalines.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
Those who knew Kok described him to the Daily News in 2019 as a kind and humble gentleman who traveled long distances for jobs in the service industry.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
Mulvaney’s penchant for girlish giggles and squeals between bites of her spaghetti pomodoro stand out in Arno, especially when juxtaposed against the sea of older gentlemen in an assortment of ill-fitting grey blazers sitting behind her at the bar.
—Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gentleman
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Her mother was a maid and her father was a nobleman, meaning that Sophie is not only a maid but illegitimate.—
Christina Grace Tucker,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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Her lecture on Orlando, Virginia Woolf’s fantastical 1928 novel about an English nobleman who turns into a woman halfway through his centuries-long life, is a showstopper.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This guy is going to ride shotgun?—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2026
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This whole movie is about you three guys.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
24 Feb. 2026
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The former prince is still under investigation, and with police raiding his homes and offices, there’s still a lot that could come out.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
25 Feb. 2026
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Come 1980, Charles and Diana were both single, the prince having recently gone through a breakup.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
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The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg declined to charge a 27-year-old male for assaulting police officers at Washington Square Park in New York City.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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Steve, a 6-year-old male Chihuahua mix, died in 2025.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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On Noah junior had settled the lighter skin, pencil-line lips, and delicately bridged nose of his father, while Jesse's nose was soft as gingerbread, his eyes bulgy, his head big, and too much of his lower lip turned over to hope he'd ever be taken for a black aristocrat.—
Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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Other historians, as well as the International Olympic Committee, credit French aristocrat Pierre de Coubertin with proposing the revival in 1894.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But the dude is a playoff warrior who would upgrade any contender.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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Next to the body is an empty Bloody Mary can and an old poster of a naked dude dressed up like Indiana Jones.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
26 Feb. 2026
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But when a man from Anne’s past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious knight and threatens to destroy them all.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Feb. 2026
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Adding further to the overall tension is the looming presence of a murderous knight in full armor roaming the countryside.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Feb. 2026
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In the days leading up to the Olympics men's hockey final, FBI spokesman Ben Williamson clashed with several news outlets that had reported Patel had used the government jet to fly to Italy with plans to attend hockey games at the Olympics.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Feb. 2026
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The North Highlands man, 34 at the time of his attacks, then raped and beat them in his vehicle and at a home before dumping them along capital region roadsides.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
24 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Gentleman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentleman. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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