gentleladyn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɛntlˌleɪdi/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛn(t)əlˌleɪdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gentle adj., gentle adj.

Etymology: < gentle adj. + lady n. Compare earlier gentlewoman n., gentledame n.

1. A woman of noble birth or high social standing; = gentlewoman n. 1a. Now archaic and rare.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > gentlewoman

gentlewomanc1225

country gentlewoman1592

gentledame1647

gentlelady1846

1846 New Monthly Mag. Oct. 250 The conversion of our Sidonia into an English gentlelady is a feat left for the cold calculating intellect of Lionel to accomplish.

1895 B. Longo Hist. Sanctuary of Pompei iii. 136 A cultured and pious young neapolitan lady..had founded the Pious Working-Union of gentleladies intended to help along poor churches.

1913 Overland Monthly Sept. 297/1 She just struggled on trying to make ends meet as a reduced gentlelady only can, by teaching petted darlings of the moneyed people in the world.

1972 Robesonian (Lumberton, N. Carolina) 29 Oct. 6 a/4 The old British nanny was usually working class, unlike the governess who was a distressed gentle-lady.

2. U.S. With the. Used to address or refer to a female (fellow) member of the House of Representatives. Cf. gentlewoman n. 6, gentleman n. 4c.Usually more fully as the gentlelady from —— (with the state represented by the member specified).

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1922 Wanatah (Indiana) Mirror 28 Dec. 2/1 There are other women in Washington..just as much opposed to the release of these prisoners as..the gentle lady from Illinois.

1936 Congress. Rec. 20 Jan. 734/2 Mrs. Kahn. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? Mr. Costello. I yield to the gentlelady from California.

1993 Washington Post 11 Nov. a16/1 The ‘gentlelady’ knows her guns.

2011 Santa Fe New Mexican 30 Sept. a3/1 Congressional debates have a Victorian kind of decorum. Even bitter enemies will refer to one another as ‘the gentlelady from Maryland’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gentlelady
释义	gentleladyn. Brit. /ˈdʒɛntlˌleɪdi/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛn(t)əlˌleɪdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gentle adj., gentle adj. Etymology: < gentle adj. + lady n. Compare earlier gentlewoman n., gentledame n. 1. A woman of noble birth or high social standing; = gentlewoman n. 1a. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > gentlewoman gentlewomanc1225 country gentlewoman1592 gentledame1647 gentlelady1846 1846 New Monthly Mag. Oct. 250 The conversion of our Sidonia into an English gentlelady is a feat left for the cold calculating intellect of Lionel to accomplish. 1895 B. Longo Hist. Sanctuary of Pompei iii. 136 A cultured and pious young neapolitan lady..had founded the Pious Working-Union of gentleladies intended to help along poor churches. 1913 Overland Monthly Sept. 297/1 She just struggled on trying to make ends meet as a reduced gentlelady only can, by teaching petted darlings of the moneyed people in the world. 1972 Robesonian (Lumberton, N. Carolina) 29 Oct. 6 a/4 The old British nanny was usually working class, unlike the governess who was a distressed gentle-lady. 2. U.S. With the. Used to address or refer to a female (fellow) member of the House of Representatives. Cf. gentlewoman n. 6, gentleman n. 4c.Usually more fully as the gentlelady from —— (with the state represented by the member specified). ΚΠ 1922 Wanatah (Indiana) Mirror 28 Dec. 2/1 There are other women in Washington..just as much opposed to the release of these prisoners as..the gentle lady from Illinois. 1936 Congress. Rec. 20 Jan. 734/2 Mrs. Kahn. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? Mr. Costello. I yield to the gentlelady from California. 1993 Washington Post 11 Nov. a16/1 The ‘gentlelady’ knows her guns. 2011 Santa Fe New Mexican 30 Sept. a3/1 Congressional debates have a Victorian kind of decorum. Even bitter enemies will refer to one another as ‘the gentlelady from Maryland’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846
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