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gent (jent)
noun
the Gents
gent (jent)
adjective
Etymology: ME < OFr < L genitus, born, pp. of gignere, to beget, produce: see genus
Gent (khent)
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Possessives
- outfitter: Local people still exercise their right to walk between High St and South St via the gent's outfitter - an ongoing protest.
Converse of object
- face: If you face this gent & still chomp away, Where in the world is your Yangzhou crane?
Adjective modifier
- opposite: In some cases it is danced by one couple only as a precedent to leaving the lady in place beside the opposite gent.
Noun used with modifier
- omnes: Laudate Dominum ( Psalm 117 ) Rebelo Laudate Dominum omnes gentes; Laudate eum, omnes populi.
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This knight was indeed a valiant Gent: but not a little given to romance, when he spake of himself.
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