first gentlemann.

Brit.

/fəːst ˈdʒɛntlmən/, U.S.

/ˌfərst ˈdʒɛn(t)lmən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: first adj., gentleman n.

Etymology: < first adj. + gentleman n. In sense 2 after first lady n. 2.

1. The most important or prominent man; (with of) the leading man in a particular activity or profession.In earliest use perhaps not a fixed collocation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [noun] > chief of its or his kind

sunOE

lordOE

princec1225

primatec1384

princessc1390

giant1535

queen1554

first gentleman1584

Prester John1598

arch1605

gigant1610

principate1651

top-stone1659

first lady1677

Shakespeare1821

king1829

prius1882

aristocrat1883

Sun King1971

1584 E. Hoby Let. 19 Oct. in Cecil Papers (Hatfield House CP 163/56) f. 56 The K. hath made him first gentleman of his chamber.

a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1698) iii. §xxviii. 387 Henry the fourth usually called himself the first Gentleman in France.

1773 London Mag. Oct. 517/2 He once filled a place which would reflect honour on the first gentleman in the kingdom.

1829 Devizes & Wilts. Gaz. 23 July The Speaker of the House of Commons is, virtute officii, the first gentleman in the land.

1932 Times of India 22 Dec. 20/2 One does not forget George Arliss—‘the first gentleman of the screen’ as he is known in Hollywood.

1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 28 Jan. People call me [sc. B. B. King] the King of the Blues, and the First Gentleman and all that and you could get a swelled head.

2021 Waterloo (Ont.) Region Record (Nexis) 12 Mar. a1 We're in the Tim Hortons in Elmira, the rural community where Canada's first gentleman of country lived for 22 years.

2. The husband or male partner of the president or other leader of a nation or state.

ΚΠ

1924 Mexia (Texas) Daily News 31 Aug. 1/6 Now that ‘Ma’ Ferguson..is practically assured of election, ‘Pa’ Ferguson will naturally become ‘the First Gentleman of the State’.

1975 N.Y. Times 19 Nov. 45/1 Hartford's ‘first gentleman’ a happy no. 2 in Connecticut.

1989 T. Berger Changing Past iv. 275 That a man whose humble beginnings had been in wholesale hardware could go on to acquire celebrity in a field of which he had known nothing at the outset.., and finally to become First Gentleman of the land could happen only in America.

2008 Independent (Nexis) 4 Sept. 23/2 In the polite circles of the Republican Governors Association they call Todd Palin, 44-year-old husband of Sarah Palin, the First Gentleman of Alaska.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	first gentleman
释义	first gentlemann. Brit. /fəːst ˈdʒɛntlmən/, U.S. /ˌfərst ˈdʒɛn(t)lmən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: first adj., gentleman n. Etymology: < first adj. + gentleman n. In sense 2 after first lady n. 2. 1. The most important or prominent man; (with of) the leading man in a particular activity or profession.In earliest use perhaps not a fixed collocation. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [noun] > chief of its or his kind sunOE lordOE princec1225 primatec1384 princessc1390 giant1535 queen1554 first gentleman1584 Prester John1598 arch1605 gigant1610 principate1651 top-stone1659 first lady1677 Shakespeare1821 king1829 prius1882 aristocrat1883 Sun King1971 1584 E. Hoby Let. 19 Oct. in Cecil Papers (Hatfield House CP 163/56) f. 56 The K. hath made him first gentleman of his chamber. a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1698) iii. §xxviii. 387 Henry the fourth usually called himself the first Gentleman in France. 1773 London Mag. Oct. 517/2 He once filled a place which would reflect honour on the first gentleman in the kingdom. 1829 Devizes & Wilts. Gaz. 23 July The Speaker of the House of Commons is, virtute officii, the first gentleman in the land. 1932 Times of India 22 Dec. 20/2 One does not forget George Arliss—‘the first gentleman of the screen’ as he is known in Hollywood. 1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 28 Jan. People call me [sc. B. B. King] the King of the Blues, and the First Gentleman and all that and you could get a swelled head. 2021 Waterloo (Ont.) Region Record (Nexis) 12 Mar. a1 We're in the Tim Hortons in Elmira, the rural community where Canada's first gentleman of country lived for 22 years. 2. The husband or male partner of the president or other leader of a nation or state. ΚΠ 1924 Mexia (Texas) Daily News 31 Aug. 1/6 Now that ‘Ma’ Ferguson..is practically assured of election, ‘Pa’ Ferguson will naturally become ‘the First Gentleman of the State’. 1975 N.Y. Times 19 Nov. 45/1 Hartford's ‘first gentleman’ a happy no. 2 in Connecticut. 1989 T. Berger Changing Past iv. 275 That a man whose humble beginnings had been in wholesale hardware could go on to acquire celebrity in a field of which he had known nothing at the outset.., and finally to become First Gentleman of the land could happen only in America. 2008 Independent (Nexis) 4 Sept. 23/2 In the polite circles of the Republican Governors Association they call Todd Palin, 44-year-old husband of Sarah Palin, the First Gentleman of Alaska. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1584
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