GENTLEMAN

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman.

2.
n.

One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man.

3.
n.

One who bears arms, but has no title.

4.
n.

The servant of a man of rank. The count's gentleman, one Cesario. Shak.

5.
n.

A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc.