GENT

Gent, Gand, Ghent

(noun) port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry

chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke

(noun) a boy or man; “that chap is your host”; “there’s a fellow at the door”; “he’s a likable cuss”; “he’s a good bloke”

gent

(noun) informal abbreviation of ‘gentleman’

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

gent (plural gents)

(colloquial) A gentleman.

Etymology 2

Adjective

gent (comparative more gent, superlative most gent)

(obsolete) Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.

(obsolete) neat; pretty; elegant

Etymology 3

Noun

gent (uncountable)

(medicine, colloquial) Short for gentamicin.

Anagrams

• Teng

Source: Wiktionary


Gent, a. Etym: [OF. gent, fr. L. genitus born, or (less prob.) fr. gentilis. See Genteel.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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