gent

/d͡ʒɛnt/

noun 2adj 2name 2

Collocations

ADJ.

fancy, small

VERB + GENT

hairy-handed

GENT + NOUN

againe, amuck

noun

A gentleman.

He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent.

adj

Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.

He lou'd, as was his lot, a Ladie gent, / That him againe lou'd in the least degree […]

neat; pretty; elegant

Her body gent and small.

noun

Clipping of gentamicin.

noun — port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center

noun — a boy or man

He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent.

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He lou'd, as was his lot, a Ladie gent, / That him againe lou'd in the least degree […]

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Her body gent and small.

Wiktionary

Tom is a fancy gent.

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