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Definition of gentlewoman : 1. A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.
2. A woman who attends a lady of high rank.

Synonyms:

doll, brothel keeper, ma'am, peeress, woman of breeding, skirt, chick, wench, noblewoman, bird, madam

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

girl, woman, dame, lady, lass, femininity, womanhood, frau, squaw, matron, milady, female

Usage examples:

• She remained beneath his roof that night, and the elderly gentlewoman, his relation and gouvernante, attended her. - "Ernest Maltravers, Complete", Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
• She lived like a gentlewoman, as far as outward appearance went, and never seemed to be in want; but some people would say that she knew very well how many sides there were to a shilling, and some enemy had once declared that she was an " old soldier." - "An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids", Anthony Trollope.
• The child did not know that it was the universal custom of his class; that there was nothing else to be done when a gentlewoman extended her hand to a gondolier. - "A Venetian June", Anna Fuller.