gentleman
Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
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Thank you, you very very nice gentleman 😘
'Gentleman' Jack Bowen. Yeah i can get behind this guy going forward. Seems like a legit good dude. And he's quality in the ring too going by that outing #TszyuDiaz
That’s not the mermaid in question, I’m afraid. It’s a print from the 18th century Gentleman’s Magazine 20-odd years later showing a “Syren Drawn from the Life”. Obviously. It seems odd, though, when we think mermaids…
to adjust her dress.. what a gentleman 🙏
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Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
She wanted to go see a movie called Gigi, which I was not too thrilled about. But being a gentleman, I bit my tongue and said, “Okay.”
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(by extension, ;, polite, _, term of address) Any man.
Please escort this gentleman to the gentlemen's room.
“Found a very nice gentleman at the gym who taught me the right form for dumbbell rows. My arms hurt more than they have ever hurt before.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Millionaire establishment gerontocrat Bernie Sanders and aquatic gentleman fancyboy Graham Platner are a-ok with stripping Black voters of their rights, because those voters are sure to vote against Sanders and Platner”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Ladies and gentleman, I think we have the world's best use of the chinny reckon.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I had a few disappointing cancellations this week. I would love if a kind gentleman would fill the space.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I'm a gentleman. I don't know what to”
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(chiefly, _, historical) A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK, _, law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight.
Being a gentleman, Robert was entitled to shove other commoners into the gongpit but he still had to jump out of the way of the knights to avoid the same fate himself.
“A case of beware what you seek! Enjoy some horror and spookiness @maeltopia.bsky.social - The Gentleman From Hell - Legacy of the Damned 💜 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Thank you, you very very nice gentleman 😘”
— Bluesky· May 2026“'Gentleman' Jack Bowen. Yeah i can get behind this guy going forward. Seems like a legit good dude. And he's quality in the ring too going by that outing #TszyuDiaz”
— Bluesky· May 2026“That’s not the mermaid in question, I’m afraid. It’s a print from the 18th century Gentleman’s Magazine 20-odd years later showing a “Syren Drawn from the Life”. Obviously. It seems odd, though, when we think mermaids look like this”
— Bluesky· May 2026“to adjust her dress.. what a gentleman 🙏”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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