gentleman : Idioms & Phrases


Gentleman commoner

  • one of the highest class of commoners at the University of Oxford.
Webster 1913

gentleman jim

  • noun United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933)
    James John Corbett; Jim Corbett; Corbett.
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gentleman johnny

  • noun British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792)
    Burgoyne; John Burgoyne.
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Gentleman usher

  • one who ushers visitors into the presence of a sovereign, etc.
Webster 1913

Gentleman usher of the black rod

  • an usher belonging to the Order of the Garter, whose chief duty is to serve as official messenger of the House of Lords.
Webster 1913

gentleman's gentleman

  • noun a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
    valet de chambre; man; gentleman; valet.
    • Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man
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gentleman's-cane

  • noun tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal
    prince's-plume; Amaranthus cruentus; prince's-feather; Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus; Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys; purple amaranth; red amaranth.
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gentleman-at-arms

  • noun one of 40 gentlemen who attend the British sovereign on state occasions
    gentleman-at-arms.
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gentlemen's agreement

  • noun a personal agreement based on honor and not legally binding
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Gentlemen-at-arms

  • noun one of 40 gentlemen who attend the British sovereign on state occasions
    gentleman-at-arms.
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  • a band of forty gentlemen who attend the sovereign on state occasions; formerly called gentlemen pensioners. Eng.
Webster 1913

Walking gentleman

  • (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. Cant
Webster 1913