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Gentleman
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gentleman
Brit History a man of gentle birth, who was entitled to bear arms, ranking above a yeoman in social position
Gentleman 

(Russian, dzhentl’men). (1) A man of “well-born” origins, a nobleman. This usage is now considered obsolete.

(2) In Great Britain and other English-speaking countries, a man who strictly adheres to the bourgeois “society” rules of behavior and observes so-called good form.

(3) A polite form of address to men in English-speaking countries. In the figurative sense a gentleman is a man who has been well brought up.
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De analoga forma, Alejandro Dumas, en su supuestamente autobiografico relato Los gentilhombres de Sierra Morena, habla de lo dificil que resulta que la vision de una ciudad se acompase con la idea previa que en ella se busca: ni una Cordoba clasica, gotica o musulmana, sino, simplemente, una ciudad espanola.
Albert Edelfelt: Cartas del viaje por Espana (1881) by Del Pilar Palomo, Ma. / Hispanofila
Obviously, much more important was the fact 'que el pretendiente no tiene oficio ni ocupacion alguna, que se crio con toda decencia, conforme a su calidad, en casa de su padre, y que este no sabe que tenga otra ocupacion que la de Gentilhombre de Casa de S.
Segovia and Portugal in the seventeenth century by Cueto, Ronald / Portuguese Studies
The concert opened with a vivacious performance of Mozart's Magic Flute overture and a poised performance of Rodrigo's Fantasia para un gentilhombre.
Music: Cathedral Orchestra, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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