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Definition of gentleman : 1. A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman.
2. A man, irrespective of condition; - used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc.
3. One of gentle or refined manners; a well- bred man.
4. One who bears arms, but has no title.
5. The servant of a man of rank.

Synonyms:

mankind, brick, world, adult male, humankind, valet, human beings, piece, humans, gentleman's gentleman, don, military personnel, sneak, cavalier, human, valet de chambre, military man, boor, homo, nobleman, lord, sir, patrician, serviceman, human race, human being, humanity, aristocrat

good man, gentlewoman, salt of the earth, hero, saint, model, good example, paragon, good woman, angel, worthy

fellow, buck, manhood, guy, man, hombre, chap, male, gent, boy, masculinity

Usage examples:

• " He asked if I had seen the young gentleman this year, and he told me that he had not seen him since the night before he was lost. - "Whosoever Shall Offend", F. Marion Crawford.
• And he is supposed to be a " gentleman," and has no other means of keeping body and soul together! - "The Martian", George Du Maurier.
• Perhaps you don't know anything of the gentleman? - "The Testing of Diana Mallory", Mrs. Humphry Ward.