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Definition of 'gent'English
Etymology 1
From gentleman .
Related terms
* genteel
* gentile
* gentle
Etymology 2
From (etyl) gent, ultimately from (etyl) .
Adjective
( en-adj)
(obsolete) Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
* Chaucer
- A knight [who] was fair and gent .
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.ix:
- He lou'd, as was his lot, a Ladie gent , / That him againe lou'd in the least degree [...].
(obsolete) neat; pretty; elegant
* Spenser
- Her body gent and small.
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