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gentleman

gentle·man

Today it means: Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man. Full definition →

Middle English gentilman

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Middle English · inherited fromgentilman
English todaygentleman

From Middle English gentilman, morphologically gentle + man, partial calque of Old French gentilhome.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.