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e 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.

Same as Fugleman.

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.

ure 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.…

A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's presence.

One who forestalls a market; a middleman between producer and dealer in London vegetable markets.

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. --…

A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class.

ry, 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.] -- Ho…

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

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.

trated; distinguished; illustrious. [Obs.] This most gallant, illustrate, and learned gentleman. Shak.

ease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.