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
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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.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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.
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