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gentlewoman

/jen-tl-woom-uhn/US // ˈdʒɛn tlˌwʊm ən //UK // (ˈdʒɛntəlˌwʊmən) //

女郎,妇人,女士,绅士

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural gen·tle·wom·en.

    • : a woman of good family, breeding, or social position
    • : a civilized, educated, sensitive, or well-mannered woman; lady.
    • : a woman who attends upon a lady of rank.
    • : a female member of the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives: The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Maine.

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Examples

  • Like my friend I used to play with in college, who worked in government and quit and now works in Virginia as a gentlewoman farmer, I had seen her maybe once in the last 10 years and now I see her every month.

  • He is unfit to be called a man, he is unworthy to marry a gentlewoman; and as for that hussy, I disown her.

  • Mr. Hill came to tell me that he had got a gentlewoman for my wife, one Mrs. Ferrabosco, that sings most admirably.

  • He sends for the young Sister; very pretty indeed, and a gentlewoman by birth, though penniless.

  • I will take no less for it, young gentlewoman; it has caused me a world of trouble.

  • Under other circumstances I should have judged her to have been a gentlewoman.