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grandee
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish grande (adjective), from Latin grandis (“large, great”). Doublet of grand and grande.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æn?di?/
Noun
grandee (plural grandees)
- A high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal. [from 1590s]
- 1670, Antoine de Brunel, François van Aerssen, A Journey Into Spain, page 38
- 1670, Antoine de Brunel, François van Aerssen, A Journey Into Spain, page 38
- (by extension) A person of high rank.
- Synonym: magnate
Translations
Further reading
- grandee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Redange, agender, angered, derange, en garde, enraged, grenade
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gentleman
English
Etymology
Morphologically gentle +? man, calque of French gentilhomme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??n.t?l.m?n/
- (General American) IPA(key): [?d????.??.m?n]
- Hyphenation: gentle?man
Noun
gentleman (plural gentlemen)
- (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; (Britain law) an armiferous man ranking below a knight.
- Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
- (derogatory) An effeminate or oversophisticated man.
- Synonyms: cockney, puss-gentleman, sissy; see also Thesaurus:effeminate man
- (polite term of address) Any man.
- Synonym: sahib
- Coordinate terms: lady, gentlewoman, (historical) gentlelady
- (usually historical, sometimes derogatory) An amateur or dabbler in any field, particularly those of independent means.
- Synonym: dilettante
- (cricket) An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.
- Coordinate terms: professional, (historical) player
Usage notes
- Although gentleman is used in reference to a man and gentlemen is used as a polite form of address to a group of men, it is more common to directly address a single gentleman as sir.
- The singular possesive of the sense "any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man" can appear in ad hoc compounds to describe a polite way of doing something; e.g. a "gentleman's sweep" when a dominant basketball team allowed the opponent one win in a series[1].
Derived terms
Related terms
- gentlewoman
- gentlelady
Descendants
- Chinese Pidgin English: gentleman
- ? Danish: gentleman
- ? Esperanto: ?entlemano
- ? French: gentleman
- ? Georgian: ????????? (?en?lmeni)
- ? Mohegan-Pequot: gundermon
- ? Polish: d?entelmen
- ? Portuguese: gentleman
- ? Spanish: gentleman
Translations
Chinese Pidgin English
Alternative forms
- ??? (Chinese characters)
Etymology
From English gentleman.
Noun
gentleman
- A respectful term for a person of either sex: gentleman, lady
References
- Gow, W. S. P. (1924) Gow’s Guide to Shanghai, 1924: A Complete, Concise and Accurate Handbook of the City and District, Especially Compiled for the Use of Tourists and Commercial Visitors to the Far East, Shanghai, page 105: “Gentleman: does not always indicate the male sex. e.g. “outside have got two piece gentleman, one belong missee.” (Lunde.)”
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English gentleman.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??n.tl?.man/
Noun
gentleman m (plural gentlemen or gentlemans)
- gentleman, especially an anglophone one
Further reading
- “gentleman” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- mélangent
Spanish
Noun
gentleman m (plural gentlemen)
- British gentleman
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