gentlewoman, gentil woman, gentilwomman

[Eng. gentle, and woman (q. v.).] 1. A woman of gentle or noble birth or breeding; a lady. 2. A woman who waits upon the person of a lady of high rank. 3. A term of civility to women. (Sometimes used in irony.) gen-tle-wom-an-like, a . [Eng. gentlewoman , and like .] The same as GENTLEWOMANLY (q. v.). gen-tle-wom-an-ly, a. [Eng. gentlewomanly .] Like a gentlewoman or lady; becoming a lady. ġen-tly, *gen-til-ly, adv . [Eng. gent(le); -ly .] 1. Of high position or descent; as, one gently 2. With gentlene ; softly, meekly; tenderly, mildly. IMG:content-0413.png:[blocks in formation] *Gen-toôş, s. pl . [Port. gentio =a heathen, a gentile.] 1. Gen .: The Hindoos in general. 2. Spec.: The Teloogoos or Telugus, a race shown by their language, which was not derived from the Sanscrit, to be of Turanian origin. They inhabit the region north of Madras near the Bay of Bengal. *Gentoo-language, s . The Teloogoo. *ġen'-triçe, *gen-trise, *gen-ter-ice, s. [O. Fr. genterise.] Gentility, good descent, nobility. [GENTRY.] "Yet that may come of idlene as weel as gentrice ."Scott: Red- gauntlet , let. xi. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-0414.png:[blocks in formation] 4. People of good position, as landed proprietors, merchants, .; persons of education, good breed. ing, and social status; the cla below the nobility. "So it was with Mon mouth. In 1680 he had been adored alike by the gentry and by the peasantry of the west."Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. v. gen-ty, a. [Eng. gent, a.;-y.) Elegantly formed, neat, comely. "Sae sweetly move her genty limbs, Like music notes o' lovers' hymns."