Thesaurus: gent
Gentle; noble; of gentle birth.
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Definitions
- a. Gentle; noble; of gentle birth.
- a. Neat; pretty; fine; elegant.
- n. informal abbreviation of ‘gentleman’
- n. a boy or man
- 1. Gentle; noble; of gentle birth. [Obs.] All of a knight [who] was fair and gent. Chaucer. 2. Neat; pretty; fine; elegant. [Obs.] Spenser. Her body gent and small. Chaucer.
- n:100 n. informal abbreviation of `gentleman' n. port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry