Gentleman
The term gentleman (from Latin gentilis, belonging to a race or gens, and man, cognate with the French word gentilhomme, the Spanish Caballero, the Italian gentil uomo or gentiluomo and the Portuguese gentil-homem), in its original and strict signification, denoted a man of the lowest rank of the English gentry, standing below an esquire and above a yeoman.
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Famous quotes containing the word gentleman:
“I must have the gentleman to haul and draw with the mariner, and the mariner with the gentleman.... I would know him, that would refuse to set his hand to a rope, but I know there is not any such here.”
—Francis, Sir Drake (1540–1596)
“For I must have my lovely lady soon,
I am a gentleman in a dustcoat trying.”
—John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)
““Faith” is a fine invention
When Gentleman can see—
But Microscopes are prudent
In an Emergency.”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)