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; āthat chap is your hostā; āthereās a fellow at the doorā; āheās a likable cussā; āheās a good blokeā
gent
(noun) informal abbreviation of āgentlemanā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gent (plural gents)
(colloquial) A gentleman.
gent (comparative more gent, superlative most gent)
(obsolete) Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
(obsolete) neat; pretty; elegant
gent (uncountable)
(medicine, colloquial) Short for gentamicin.
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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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetiĆØre consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
