Informal a gentleman; man
gent Idioms
the Gents
[alsothe g-]Chiefly Brit., Informal men's room
gent
GentObs. pretty; graceful
Origin of gent
Middle English from Old French from Classical Latin genitus, born, past participle of gignere, to beget, produce: see genusGent
Ghent
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gent
adjective
ArchaicGraceful; elegant.
Origin of gent
Middle English noble, excellent from Old French well-born from Latin genitus past participle of gignere to beget ; see genə- in Indo-European roots.noun
InformalA gentleman.
Origin of gent
Short for gentlemanGent
See Ghent.
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Origin
From gentleman.
Adjective
(comparative more gent, superlative most gent)
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ix:
- He lou'd, as was his lot, a Ladie gent, / That him againe lou'd in the least degree [...].
Origin
From Old French gent, ultimately from Latin genitum (“born”).
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