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owy in dress; attentive to dress. A dressy flaunting maidservant. T. Hook. A neat, dressy gentleman in black. W. Irving.

rlooked, but the erudition of her mind is much more to be regarded. Steele. The gay young gentleman whose erudition sat so easily upon him. Macaulay.

nt on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; -- often shortened to squire.

r; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expert in chess or archery. A valiant and most expert gentleman. Shak. What practice, howsoe'er expert In fitting aptest words to things . . . Hath power to give thee as thou wert Tennison.

Fiction; untruth; falsehood. It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods. Addison.

o have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father. The porter owned that the gentleman favored his master. Spectator.

fine gold. Prov. iii. 14. A cup of wine that's brisk and fine. Shak. Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one of the finest scholars. Felton. To soothe the sick bed of so fine a being [Keats]. Leigh Hunt.

Wasted in strength; tired; exhausted. [Archaic] A gentleman almost forspent with speed. Shak.

Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a gentleman of fortune.

A going; a walk; a march; a way. Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor folks pass. Shak.

Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century.

Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance.

To act the gentleman; -- with it (see It, 5). [Obs.]

One well born; a gentleman. [Obs.] Gentles, methinks you frown. Shak.

The deportment or conduct of a gentleman. [Obs.] Ascham.

leasure or benefit. He is complete in feature and in mind. With all good grace to grace a gentleman. Shak. I have formerly given the general character of Mr. Addison's style and manner as natural and unaffected, easy and polite, and full of those graces which a flowery imagination diffuses over writing. Blair.…

Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous. One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in a in a rejoinder. Swift. Happy family, a collection of animals of different and hostile propensities living peaceably together in one cage. Used ironically of conventional alliances of persons who are in fact mutually repugnant. --…

ivalry, or a military court to investigate acts or omissions which are unofficerlike or ungentlemanly in their nature. -- Debt of honor, a debt contracted by a verbal promise, or by betting or gambling, considered more binding than if recoverable by law. -- Honor bright! An assurance of truth or fidelity. [Colloq.] -…

An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman.

or promises desired good. The Lord will be the hope of his people. Joel iii. 16. A young gentleman of great hopes, whose love of learning was highly commendable. Macaulay.