gentlepersonn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɛntlˌpəːsn/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛn(t)əlˌpərs(ə)n/

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

Etymology: < gentle adj. + person n., after gentleman n., gentlewoman n.

A person of noble birth or high social standing; a gentleman or lady. Compare gentle-people n.Now used (frequently humorously or self-consciously) as a non-gender-specific alternative to gentleman or gentlewoman (see person n. 2g).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun]

yea1225

my Lordc1300

seigniorc1330

squire1382

noblessec1390

lordship1394

grace1423

gentlenessc1425

magnificencec1425

noblenessc1425

greatness1473

worshipc1475

your mightinessa1500

excellency?1533

celsitude1535

altitude1543

Your Honour1551

sublimity1553

excellencea1592

captal1592

gentleperson1597

clemencya1600

gravity1618

grace1625

grandeur1632

eximiousness1648

professorship1656

prince1677

excellenceshipc1716

Graceship1804

seigniorship1823

valiancy1828

your seignorie1829

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 73 Since euery Iacke became a Gentleman: Theres many a gentle person made a Iacke.

1855 Chess Player's Chron. New Ser. 3 392 The gentle person referred to more resembles ‘rude Boreas, blust'ring railer’, than a ‘balmy Zephyr’.

1914 Times 11 May 1/3 (advt.) Will any country gentleperson, living in hunting district, colloborate [sic] in a sporting novel with a young authoress anxious to obtain local colour.

1979 W. Woolfolk in D. W. Cross Word Abuse 21 ‘Dear Gentlepersons’..seems so strained, artificial and old-fashioned that I could only write it with a quill pen.

1984 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 25 Oct. We are given a salary range..to preserve the employees' ultimate privacy. It seems a civilized, gentlepersons' agreement.

2012 P. J. Caruthers Style & Circumstance i. 32 A gentleperson in mixed company refrains from saying certain things aloud.

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

单词	gentleperson
释义	gentlepersonn. Brit. /ˈdʒɛntlˌpəːsn/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛn(t)əlˌpərs(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gentle adj., person n. Etymology: < gentle adj. + person n., after gentleman n., gentlewoman n. A person of noble birth or high social standing; a gentleman or lady. Compare gentle-people n.Now used (frequently humorously or self-consciously) as a non-gender-specific alternative to gentleman or gentlewoman (see person n. 2g). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] yea1225 my Lordc1300 seigniorc1330 squire1382 noblessec1390 lordship1394 grace1423 gentlenessc1425 magnificencec1425 noblenessc1425 greatness1473 worshipc1475 your mightinessa1500 excellency?1533 celsitude1535 altitude1543 Your Honour1551 sublimity1553 excellencea1592 captal1592 gentleperson1597 clemencya1600 gravity1618 grace1625 grandeur1632 eximiousness1648 professorship1656 prince1677 excellenceshipc1716 Graceship1804 seigniorship1823 valiancy1828 your seignorie1829 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 73 Since euery Iacke became a Gentleman: Theres many a gentle person made a Iacke. 1855 Chess Player's Chron. New Ser. 3 392 The gentle person referred to more resembles ‘rude Boreas, blust'ring railer’, than a ‘balmy Zephyr’. 1914 Times 11 May 1/3 (advt.) Will any country gentleperson, living in hunting district, colloborate [sic] in a sporting novel with a young authoress anxious to obtain local colour. 1979 W. Woolfolk in D. W. Cross Word Abuse 21 ‘Dear Gentlepersons’..seems so strained, artificial and old-fashioned that I could only write it with a quill pen. 1984 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 25 Oct. We are given a salary range..to preserve the employees' ultimate privacy. It seems a civilized, gentlepersons' agreement. 2012 P. J. Caruthers Style & Circumstance i. 32 A gentleperson in mixed company refrains from saying certain things aloud. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597
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