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Examples of gentleman
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[external_link_head]The integrity of his ' faith ' was central to a soldier's, as to a gentleman's, sense of himself as honourable.
An attempt by area gentlemen to gain a new charter for the town in 1675\6 had floundered on the gentry's objections.
Dissent may have stirred gentlemen's interests in 1664, but their attention span proved short indeed.
Over time, the interest of the gentlemen justices faded.
What happened was this : in not permitting the students to discipline their inferiors, the senate had undermined their claims to being gentlemen.
The twenty seem to have been incompetent "young gentlemen," whom the police authorities treated as something of a joke.
[external_link offset=1]He held her up by the leg torn and bleeding, and all the gentlemen seemed well pleased.
Earlier histories had been written inaccurately though patriotically, by gentlemen of letters for the general reader.
When ordinary law-abiding gentlemen refused to loan, the crown resorted to what amounted to prerogative arrests.
They thought that smartly dressed men were nonviolent, being gentlemen.
The lowliest foreigners coming to this country became first-class gentlemen and messenger boys would turn into ambassadors.
The judges had decided that the imprisoned gentlemen could not be released on bail - nothing more or less.
First, this is a transcript of a private show for two gentlemen.
Finally, gentlemen were not supposed to be terribly gentle.
His instruction on disciplining was simply self-discipline, to 'be gentlemen'.
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Collocations with gentleman
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These are words often used in combination with gentleman.
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distinguished gentleman
I have no doubt that in 1907 and 1909 some distinguished gentleman made speeches that motor cars were offensive, slow and inefficient.
elderly gentleman
In one an elderly gentleman, with a grey head and very beautiful hands, was quietly reading a newspaper, with his long pipe by his side.
gentleman farmer
The definition of a gentleman farmer is a man who is not much of a gentleman and less of a farmer.
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