gentlemannoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdʒen.təl.mən/us/ˈdʒen.t̬əl.mən/plural -men uk/-mən/usB2 a polite way of talking to or referring to a man:
Ladies and gentlemen, the show is about to begin.
Excuse me, this gentleman has a question for you.
approving a man who is polite and behaves well towards other people, especially women:
He was a perfect gentleman.
Not holding a door for a lady? You're no gentleman, are you?
a man of a high social class:
a gentlemen's club
More examples
- He was the embodiment of the English gentleman.
- It's the mark of a gentleman to stand up when someone enters the room.
- I am not personally acquainted with the gentleman in question.
- Ladies and gentlemen, air-traffic control has now cleared the plane for take-off.
- Shall we let the meeting commence, gentlemen?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Kinds of men
- a bit of rough idiom
- a man's man idiom
- adult
- alpha male
- beta male
- fop
- gaffer
- gay
- geezer
- gent
- ladies' man
- mac
- male chauvinist
- MCP
- medallion man
- sister under the skin idiom
- spiv
- sugar daddy
- suit
- suitor
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