Gent Meaning
/d͡ʒɛnt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA gentleman.
adjNoble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
Sentence Examples
Tom is a fancy gent.
The polite gent tipped his hat to the lady.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The well-dressed ____ with a monocle walked down the street.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The elderly ____ tipped his hat politely as he passed the young couple walking in the park.
Word Origin & History
Short for gentleman.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent."
— 1978, “Werewolves of London”, in Warren Zevon, LeRoy Marinell and Waddy Wachtel (music), Excitable Boy, performed by Warren Zevon:
"He lou'd, as was his lot, a Ladie gent, / That him againe lou'd in the least degree […]"
— 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
"Her body gent and small."
— 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Miller’s Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; Charles Cowden Clarke, editor, The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. […], 2nd edition, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: James Nichol; London: James Nisbet & Co.; Dublin: W. Robertson, 1860, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The well-dressed ____ with a monocle walked down the street.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The elderly ____ tipped his hat politely as he passed the young couple walking in the park.