gentleship

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noun

The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.

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Meanings

noungentleship (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe deportment or conduct of a gentleman.

    men will […]have more gentleship in their hat than in their head

    a. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, edited by Margaret Ascham, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, […], London: […] John Daye, […], published 1570, →OCLC

Origin

From gentle + -ship.

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APA

gentleship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gentleship

MLA

“gentleship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gentleship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gentleship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gentleship.

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