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adjective

Gent adj.

Gentle; noble; of gentle birth. (Obs.) "All of a knight (who) was fair and gent."

Neat; pretty; fine; elegant. (Obs.) "Her body gent and small."

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Etymology of 'Gent'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gent" Quotes from Famous Books

... not go into that; at least not just yet. I promised Cora not to be hasty with Moran. He's the 'gent' who is supposed to be president ...

— The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay - The Secret of the Red Oar • Margaret Penrose

... hot!" she whined miserably. "Come on in a minute. I left the door open to catch the breeze, but there ain't any. You look like a peach just off the ice. Got a gent friend ...

— Roast Beef, Medium • Edna Ferber

... Howard. "Too much of the fine gent about that sort, Mr. Jim. I dunno 'ow I'd get down to orderin' the pair of yous about. An' I ain't got no 'comodation for yous; an' the tucker's not what yous ...

— Back To Billabong • Mary Grant Bruce

... le prin, the first, from the Old French adjective which survives in printemps. Cf. our name Prime and the French name Premier. The Old French adjective Gent, now replaced by gentil, generally means slender ...

— The Romance of Names • Ernest Weekley

... and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes. By Richard Ligon, Gent.,' fol. 1673. The first edition had appeared in 1657. Steele's beautiful story is elaborated from the following short passage in the page he cites. After telling that he had an Indian slave woman 'of excellent shape and colour,' who would not be wooed by any means to wear ...

— The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 - With Translations and Index for the Series • Joseph Addison and Richard Steele

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