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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

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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

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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Gents 4bbb Stableford: 1st P Roberts and S Harrison 41pts (b9), 2nd C McCann and R Doherty 41pts.

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Senior Gents Erimus Cup: 1 M Carney 92-22-70, 2 D Murray 83-11-72 (b6) EAGLESCLIFFE results: Autumn Stableford: Division A 1 C S Beagrie 45 points; Div B 1 N Perley 43; Div C 1 R Neilson 43.

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Gents' 4BBB Stableford: 1st - M Bolton and D Addison 47pts.

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Gents Seniors Open: 1st M O'Connell & M Maddison 42pts; 2nd G Ollier & J Hind 37pts (b9); 3rd S Dix & W Pope 37pts; 4th J Earnshaw & T Pickering 36pts (b6); 5th M Peckitt and R Spanswick 36pts (b9); 6th D Pattison and W Harrison 36pts.