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Noun
Being a gent or a supplicant wasn’t the same as being a fool, though.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
29 June 2026 Josh Hart being related to a gent like the late Elston Howard makes his story even better.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for gent
Word History
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