дже́нтльмен — meaning in English
dzhentlmen
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English meaning
Senses
дже́нтльмен is used for these senses in English:
- gallant (dated) A fashionable young man who is polite and attentive to women.
- gentleman (chiefly, _, historical) A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK, _, law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight.
- toff (UK, Irish, derogatory) A person of the upper class or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority.
gallant — full definition
- adj Brave and honorable, especially in the face of danger.
- adj Polite and attentive toward women, in an old-fashioned, chivalrous way.
- noun A man who is polite, attentive, and chivalrous toward women.
gentleman — full definition
- noun A polite, well-mannered, or honorable man.
- noun (formal or polite) A man, used respectfully regardless of manners.
- noun Historically, a man of respectable birth or means who did not need to work for a living.