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gentleperson

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of gentleperson

a man or woman of high birth or social position

  • gentlepersons did not want to be seen keeping company with commoners
Synonyms of gentleperson

aristocrat, blue blood, gentle, noble, patrician
Words Related to gentleperson

socialite, swell

magnate, magnifico, mogul, nabob

gentlefolk (also gentlefolks)
Near Antonyms of gentleperson

canaille, commoner, pleb, plebeian, proletarian, roturier

boor, fellah, peasant, peon

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