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{
"term": "gentleman",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a man who is polite and well educated, who has excellent manners and always behaves well",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "You acted like a true gentleman."
},
{
"text": "Thank you—you're a real gentleman."
},
{
"text": "He was always the perfect gentleman."
},
{
"text": "He's no gentleman!"
},
{
"text": "He was too much of a gentleman to ask them for any money."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["perfect", "real", "true"],
"phrases": ["be no gentleman", "too much of a gentleman"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to address or refer to a man, especially somebody you do not know",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**Ladies and gentlemen!** Can I have your attention, please?"
},
{
"text": "She was talking to an elderly gentleman."
},
{
"text": "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury!"
},
{
"text": "Can I help you, gentlemen?"
},
{
"text": "There's a gentleman to see you."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["elderly", "distinguished", "handsome"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used to address or refer to a male member of a legislature, for example the House of Representatives",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"examples": [],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["elderly", "distinguished", "handsome"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a man from a high social class, especially one who does not need to work",
"labels": "(old-fashioned)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He retired to his estate and lived the life of a country gentleman."
},
{
"text": "a gentleman farmer *(= one who owns a farm for pleasure, not as his main job)*"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["country"],
"gentleman + noun": ["farmer"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a man/woman who does not have to work",
"labels": "(humorous)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdʒentlmən/",
"audio": "ge/gentleman/gentlemen__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdʒentlmən/",
"audio": "ge/gentleman/gentleman__us_3.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘man of noble birth’): from gentle + man, translating Old French gentilz hom. In later use the term denoted ‘a man of a good family (especially one entitled to a coat of arms) but not of the nobility’."
}