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Gentle; noble; of gentle birth.

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  1. a. Gentle; noble; of gentle birth.
  2. a. Neat; pretty; fine; elegant.
  3. n. informal abbreviation of ‘gentleman
  4. n. a boy or man
  5. 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.
  6. n:100 n. informal abbreviation of `gentleman' n. port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry