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<h1>Gentlemanhood</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen"tle*man*hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The qualities or condition of a gentleman.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Gentlemanlike, Gentlemanly</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw><hw>Gen"tle*man*like`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gen"tle*man*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well-behaved; courteous; polite.</def>

<h1>Gentlemanliness</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen"tle*man*li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being gentlemanly; gentlemanly conduct or manners.</def>

<h1>Gentlemanship</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen"tle*man*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The carriage or quality of a gentleman.</def>

<h1>Gentleness</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen"tle*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness.</def>

<h1>Gentleship</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen"tle*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ascham.</i>

<h1>Gentlesse</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gent"lesse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Gentilesse; gentleness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gentlewoman</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen"tle*wom`an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gentlewomen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A woman who attends a lady of high rank.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Gently</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen"tly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a gentle manner.</def>

<blockquote>My mistress <b>gently</b> chides the fault I made. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gentoo</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen*too"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gentoos</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Pg. <ets>gentio</ets> gentile, heathen. See <er>Gentile</er>.]</ety> <def>A native of Hindostan; a Hindoo.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<h1>Gentry</h1> <Xpage=620>

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