gentlemangen‧tle‧man /ˈdʒentlmən/ ●●● S2 W2 noun (plural gentlemen /-mən/) [countable] 
Could you serve this gentleman please, Miss Bath? Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. An elderly gentleman was asleep next to the fire.► see thesaurus at man2a man who is always polite, has good manners, and treats other people well: Martin – always the perfect gentleman – got to his feet when my mother walked in. Mr Field was a real gentleman.3old-fashioned a man from a high social class, especially one whose family owns a lot of property: an English country gentleman
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Can you serve this gentleman please, Sarah?
- Ladies and gentlemen, may I present Dr Nelson Mandela.
- Mr Marks, an elderly gentleman, was travelling with his daughter.
- Please show this gentleman to his seat.
- Got to have brains for that, gentlemen.
- On our way upstairs we met a gentleman coming down in the dark.
THESAURUS
an adult male human: · a young man· Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest.
(also bloke/chap British English) informal a man: · She’d arranged to meet a guy in the bar.· Alex is a really nice bloke.
formal a man – used as a very polite way of talking about a man: · an elderly gentleman· Please could you serve this gentleman?
a young male person, usually a child or a teenager: · a teenage boy
old-fashioned informal a boy or young man: · When I was a young lad, I wanted to join the army.
a teenage boy or young man – used especially in news reports to show disapproval: · Gangs of youths roam the streets.
formal a man – used especially by the police or in science and research contexts. The adjective male is much more common than the noun: · We are investigating the death of an unidentified male.· The condition is usually found only in males.
American English informal a man – a very informal use: · You could tell there was something creepy going on with that dude.
Longman Language Activatora man an adult male person: · There were two men and a woman in the car.· He had a very successful business and died a rich man.· You wouldn't understand how she feels -- you're a man!
informal also bloke British informal a man: · Dave's a really nice guy.· Is he the guy who used to live next door to you?· That Simon seems like a decent bloke.· He bought the car from a bloke at his office.
a man - use this as a polite way of talking about a man: · Can you serve this gentleman please, Sarah?· Mr Marks, an elderly gentleman, was travelling with his daughter.ladies and gentlemen (=used in speeches): · Ladies and gentlemen, may I present Dr Nelson Mandela.
informal also the lads British informal a group of men who are very friendly with each other or who work together or play in a team together: · I won't be home until late -- I'm going out for a drink with the boys.· The lads played really well -- we were unlucky not to win the game.
a man - use this especially when talking about characteristics that are typical of men and not of women: · The film is a brilliant analysis of the typical American male.· Haemophilia is a condition found only in males.
a male person is a man or a boy - use this especially when talking about jobs and work: · Most of the science teachers are male.· Salaries have increased for both male and female graduates.· The Health Service needs more male nurses.
a man who does not behave in a traditional male way or have traditionally male attitudes towards women, for example one who stays at home to look after the children or is happy to show his feelings: · I wouldn't say Tom was exactly a new man - he just enjoys looking after kids more than I do.· He considered himself to be a New Man, sensitive about things such as PMS and bad hair days.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Martin – always the perfect gentleman – got to his feet when my mother walked in. Mr Field was a real gentleman. an English country gentlemanCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Martin – always the perfect gentleman – got to his feet when my mother walked in. Mr Field was a real gentleman. an English country gentleman (=an agreement that is not written down, and is based only on trust)· The candidates seemed to have a gentleman’s agreement not to criticize each other.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Such a curious thing for an established and respected elderly gentleman to do, now that she came to consider it seriously.· I was looking for an elderly gentleman to greet me.
· Yes, a very nice gentleman.
· It was holding a newspaper and it belonged to an old gentleman.· That idea was already red rag enough to the old gentleman.· Best of all, their own old gentleman was there, and he came across to shake their hands.· Next, the old gentleman got up and said more nice things about them.· The old gentleman was not the only one who started shouting.· The old gentleman sat back in his seat and opened the letter.· The old gentleman who was the owner of the shop encouraged me and helped me along into the business.· When he returned he was offered tea - without which, the old gentleman said, he never travelled.
· After ten o'clock there was the other gentleman.· There were two other gentlemen studying at Mr Pocket's.· Now the other gentleman I liked very much.· I compared him to the other gentlemen present.
· Now that he was being the perfect gentleman in not pursuing her, at last she began to breathe more easily.· My own whip was a perfect gentleman, but it was really other colleagues who got really nasty.· Everybody envied Evelyn; her husband was always such a perfect gentleman.· He always had been a perfect gentleman.· You might say she behaved like a perfect gentleman.
· But he was too smooth, and his charm a little too insincere, to be a real gentleman.· He was called Walter Dowson and a real gentleman he was.
· Off the field, he was a true gentleman and a person his family can be proud of.· And playing on his home turf is Julian Barnes, one of the game's true gentlemen.· And a true gentleman he remains to this day: ever sunny, ever a pleasure to be with.· In that extremity I bore me well, A true gentleman, valorous in arms, Disinterested and honourable.
· You are a young gentleman and I am sorry to say, not better than I wish you to be.· There he fell again into the bad company of pious Huguenots who turned the young gentleman into a religious searcher.· The sands were crowded with these strange bright parrots, accompanied by young gentlemen with unorthodox headgear and unbuttoned waistcoats.· A formidable lady, she had founded the Atchison Institute, a private school for young ladies and gentlemen in Atchison.· Most of his guests drank a lot, including some of the younger gentlemen.· I got the impression that she had a tender attachment for a young gentleman in the North.· But then, other schools, I am informed, offer their young gentlemen courses in car maintenance.· I didn't see the pale young gentleman there again.
NOUN· The country gentleman at his best.· There was enough accumulated wealth for the third Joseph Wright Alsop to pursue a life as country gentleman.· The rich were, by and large, country gentlemen.· Enter Clement Clarke Moore, country gentleman.· Reggie was an endearing, kindly man who had led a leisurely, unadventurous life as a country gentleman.· Who were the country gentlemen who were so put out from pursuing their time-honoured pastime?· His life was that of the ordinary country gentleman of the period.
· Some men of this type can not have been anything but gentlemen farmers.· It is a hobby for local gentleman farmers.· The interviewing panel was civil and included a peer of the realm, a major-General, and a gentleman farmer.
VERB· My meeting ended when I asked Kagan who the gentleman was who was now married to the young lady concerned.· I ask you, gentlemen, to think of ways of doing this.· So now she asked if the young gentleman could come in.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1a polite word for a man, used especially when talking to or about a man you do not know: - As a gentleman of leisure it was a breeze.
Could you serve this gentleman please, Miss Bath? Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. An elderly gentleman was asleep next to the fire.► see thesaurus at man2a man who is always polite, has good manners, and treats other people well: Martin – always the perfect gentleman – got to his feet when my mother walked in. Mr Field was a real gentleman.3old-fashioned a man from a high social class, especially one whose family owns a lot of property: an English country gentleman