- gentleperson
- noun Date: 1943 a gentleman or lady
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
gentleperson
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gentleperson — [n] polite, well mannered person aristocrat, brick*, good egg*, good person, nice person, noble, scholar; concept 423 … New thesaurus
gentleperson — /jen tl perr seuhn/, n. a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady. [1970 75; GENTLE(MAN) + PERSON] Usage. See person. * * * … Universalium
gentleperson — noun A gentleman or gentlewoman; a member of the gentry … Wiktionary
gentleperson — gen•tle•per•son [[t]ˈdʒɛn tlˌpɜr sən[/t]] n. cvb use a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady • Etymology: 1970–75 usage: See person … From formal English to slang
gentleperson — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : a gentleman or lady * * * /jen tl perr seuhn/, n. a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady. [1970 75; GENTLE(MAN) + PERSON] Usage. See person … Useful english dictionary
humanity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) The family of man Nouns 1. humanity, human race, human species, Homo sapiens, naked ape, humankind, ship of fools; mankind, man, womankind; human nature, mortality, flesh [and blood], feet of clay,… … English dictionary for students
adult — [adj] being mature, fully grown developed, grown, grown up, of age, ripe, ripened; concept 406 Ant. adolescent, infant adult [n] a mature, fully grown person gentleperson, grownup, man, person, woman; concepts 394,424 Ant. adolescent, infant … New thesaurus
aristocrat — [n] privileged person blueblood, gentleperson, lace curtain*, noble, patrician, peer, silk stocking, swell*, upper cruster*; concept 423 Ant. commoner, plebian, proletariat … New thesaurus
patrician — [adj] upper class aristocratic, blueblooded*, gentle, grand, highborn, high class, noble, royal, wellborn; concepts 334,549 Ant. common, lower class patrician [n] person born to upper class aristocrat, blue blood*, gentleperson, noble,… … New thesaurus
socialite — [n] aristocrat blueblood, Brahmin, deb*, debutante, gentleperson, lace curtain*, member of the upper class, noble, patrician, silk stocking, upper cruster; concept 423 … New thesaurus
