(n.) A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman.
(n.) One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man.
(n.) One who bears arms, but has no title.
(n.) The servant of a man of rank.
(n.) A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) But I say to the honourable gentleman we won’t get Britain building unless we keep our economy going.” Later, Marie called in to radio station LBC radio to say that the new Labour leader needed to “change the way he does things, mix things up each week and really not let the Conservatives know which side it’s coming from – firing on all corners but doing it in a calm and collected way”.
(2) I was told very politely by [Sony Radio Academy awards committee chairman] Tim Blackmore, a true gentleman, I did not resent it at all.
(3) Ladies and Gentleman, thank you for joining us this morning.
(4) "He said it was scarcely suitable for a gentleman let alone ladies."
(5) But the Depp dog furore is a perfect example of the different approach Joyce will take to leading the Nationals – the rural-based minor party in the governing Coalition that has in recent years had a series of gentlemanly leaders who, wherever possible, have settled differences with their Coalition parties quietly, created public fusses only rarely, and international incidents never.
(6) Amelia Gentleman writes on social affairs for the Guardian and was one of the research team on Reading the Riots Prison isn't always a suitable punishment : I met Danielle Corns, a 19-year-old student with no previous convictions, who briefly took two left footed trainers out of a shop, thought better of it, and left them outside the shop.
(7) The local undertakers were pleased to discover the great Henty to be the man they had always imagined - a full-bearded giant, stern and wise, dressed like a warrior hero or - much the same thing - a Victorian gentleman with the whiff of gunpowder and the clash of sabres about him.
(8) But then the gentleman is quite old and has suffered two strokes in the last few years – so the comparatively slow rate at which he was fleeing was probably taken as provocation.
(9) Ideally they should also possess the sort of clipped tones that make vulgarities sound like Virgil and the sort of wardrobe that dresses up deviousness as a gentleman's sport.
(10) The librarian – he was a very tall gentleman with a pretty dark beard – went off and figured it out.
(11) Since 1972 there has been a gentleman's agreement between the ministry and the tobacco branch concerning the size and the content of tobacco advertising.
(12) The council will continue to work with this gentleman and his family to ensure that his needs are appropriately met and that he is supported to lead as independent a life as possible.
(13) is his immediate reply, which of course makes perfect sense, because Reprezent's listeners, keen as they are to hear new music, would no doubt prefer Psy's latest song Gentleman.
(14) If the honourable gentleman wants to finish his question in an orderly way, he can do so."
(15) Wednesday 16th July 2014 Photograph: Mike Bowers The two gentleman pictured above foreshadowed new national security laws that will give Asio more powers to snoop on computers and more powers to coordinate with other agencies during investigations.
(16) It was the story of a Bangladeshi gentleman whose home was washed out 1km to sea that drove me into the charity sector.
(17) The Democratic Unionist assembly member for South Down, Jim Wells, described McGrady as "a true gentleman and a tireless campaigner" for the people of his constituency.
(18) The latest fashion must-have for the classless in Cleveland sports a picture of his face with rape in block capitals underneath, making a nuanced reference to allegations against the prospective first gentleman.
(19) On Sunday, the News of the World became the first British newspaper to use paparazzi pictures of the prince since the former PCC chairman Lord Wakeham negotiated a "gentleman's agreement" that would prevent such photographs until he finished his full-time education.
(20) "The gentleman, opening the circular, hinged portcullis on the front of his helmet, offered his services; and perceiving that her modesty declined what her situation rendered necessary, took her up in his arms without further delay and carried her down the hill."
Lady
Definition:
(n.) A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.
(n.) A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord.
(n.) A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.
(n.) A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right.
(n.) A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.
(n.) A wife; -- not now in approved usage.
(n.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates.
(a.) Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.
() The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation.
Example Sentences:
(1) Lady Gaga is not the first big music star to make a new album available early to mobile customers.
(2) A 27-year-old lady presented with history of discomfort in the throat and difficulty in swallowing for two weeks.
(3) It’s going to affect everybody.” The six songs from Rebel Heart released thus far do not shy away from controversy: one, Illuminati, mocks the various conspiracy theories on the internet that implicate a variety of entertainers – including Jay-Z and Lady Gaga – in membership of a shadowy ruling elite.
(4) Liekens, who has been called the "leading lady in sexology", has written several books including The Vagina Book, The Sex Bible and Her Penis Book.
(5) Given how Bank forecasts have been all over the shop, it is possible that the Old Lady's spreadsheet wizards could scupper Mr Carney's plans by spying a speck of price pressure and panicking about it turning into a giant inflationary boulder.
(6) His words earned a stinging rebuke from first lady Michelle Obama , but at a Friday rally in North Carolina he said of one accuser, Jessica Leeds: “Yeah, I’m gonna go after you.
(7) Given his background, Boyle says, growing up in a council house near Bury, with his two sisters (one a twin) and his strict and hard-working parents (his mum worked as a dinner lady at his school), he should by rights have been a gritty social realist, but that tradition never appealed to him.
(8) --A fit of acute depersonnalisation in a young lady was suppressed within eight days with the administration of 1 g p.o.
(9) A 43-year-old lady was hospitalized due to easy fatiguability in the legs during exercise, and for evaluation of an abnormal shadow in the chest X-ray, and hypertension.
(10) The accident on 10 April 2010, killed the president, first lady and dozens of senior officials, in the worst Polish air disaster since the second world war.
(11) An intimate account of her last hours was given on Monday by Lady (Carla) Powell, the Italian wife of Thatcher's former diplomatic adviser Lord Powell, who had visited her often in her declining years, and whose house outside Rome the former prime minister had visited on several occasions.
(12) Schools should adopt whole-school approaches to building emotional resilience – everyone from the dinner ladies to the headteacher needs to understand how to help young people to cope with what the modern world throws at them.
(13) The prime minister told the Radio Times he was a fan of the "brilliant" US musical drama Glee, preferred Friends to The West Wing, and chose Lady Gaga over Madonna, and Cheryl Cole over Simon Cowell.
(14) Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together for Charles Antaki, he's here all week, try the Imodium.
(15) Contemporary songs - by Adele, Lady Gaga, La Roux - are simulacra of those produced in the 60s, 70s and 80s.)
(16) "I have just seen a piece of straw flying over, which the hon lady is attempting to clutch at!"
(17) He could say, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, today we have totally defeated Isis,’ and it wouldn’t sound good, OK, all right?
(18) The government, too, is keen to strike a conciliatory note, at least compared with the strident tones of the Iron Lady's day.
(19) As Bernard Levin noted in 1977 when she was playing Lady Macbeth and Lady Plyant in Congreve's The Double Dealer at the National: "She is tiny.
(20) A case of an aggressive angiomyxoma of the vulva in a 38-year-old lady is reported.