Definition of "gentleman" in Englisch

noun

1. Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.

2. (by extension; polite term of address) Any man.

   • Please escort this gentleman to the gentlemen's room.

3. (chiefly historical) A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight.

   • Being a gentleman, Robert was entitled to shove other commoners into the gongpit but he still had to jump out of the way of the knights to avoid the same fate himself.

4. (derogatory) An effeminate or oversophisticated man.

   • Well, la-di-da, aren't you just a proper gentleman?

5. (usually historical, sometimes derogatory) An amateur or dabbler in any field, particularly those of independent means.

6. (cricket) An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.