What does gentlewoman mean?

Definitions for gentlewoman
ˈdʒɛn tlˌwʊm əngen·tle·wom·an

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dame, madam, ma'am, lady, gentlewomannoun

    a woman of refinement

    "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"

Wiktionary

  1. gentlewomannoun

    A woman of the nobility.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Gentlewomannoun

    Etymology: gentle and woman.

    The gentlewomen of Rome did not suffer their infants to be so long swathed as poorer people. George Abbot, Descr. of the World.

    Doth this sir Protheus
    Often resort unto this gentlewoman? William Shakespeare.

    Gentlewomen may do themselves much good by kneeling upon a cushion, and weeding. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    The late queen’s gentlewoman, a knight’s daughter,
    To be her mistress’ mistress! William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

    Her gentlewomen, like the nereids,
    So many mermaids, tended her i’ th’ eyes,
    And made their bends adorings. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopat.

    Now, gentlewoman, you are confessing your enormities; I know it by that hypocritical down-cast look. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. gentlewoman

    A gentlewoman is a polite or formal term referring to a woman of good social position or renowned for her noble characteristics, courtesy, and refinement. It is equivalent to referring to a man as a gentleman. It can also refer to a female personal attendant or a lady's maid in historical contexts.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gentlewomannoun

    a woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar

  2. Gentlewomannoun

    a woman who attends a lady of high rank

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of gentlewoman in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of gentlewoman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of gentlewoman in a Sentence

  1. Adam Schiff:

    The gentlewoman will suspend, ... this week...

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