gent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun informal abbreviation of `gentleman'
  2. noun a boy or man
    fella; cuss; blighter; lad; fellow; bloke; chap; feller.
    • that chap is your host
    • there's a fellow at the door
    • he's a likable cuss
    • he's a good bloke
  3. noun port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry
    Ghent; Gand.

WordNet

Gent adjective
Etymology
OF. gent, fr. L. genitus born, or (less prob.) fr. gentilis. See Genteel.
Definitions
  1. Gentle; noble; of gentle birth. Obs.
    All of a knight [who] was fair and gent. Chaucer.
  2. Neat; pretty; fine; elegant. Obs. Spenser.
    Her body gent and small. Chaucer.

Webster 1913