| 单词 | gentleperson |
| 释义 | gentleperson in British English (ˈdʒɛntəlˌpɜːsən) noun a lady or gentleman; a person of good breeding gentleperson in American English (ˈdʒentlˌpɜːrsən) noun a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady Word origin [1970–75; gentle(man) + -person]This word is first recorded in the period 1970–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cornrow, good old boy, relational database, stress test, urban legend-person is a combining form of person, replacing in existing compound words such paired, gender-specific forms as -man and -woman or -er and -ess. Other words that use the affix -person include: chairperson, salesperson, waitperson |
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