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Gentlemen

Gentlemen

See also: gentlemen

English

Noun

Gentlemen (plural Gentlemen)

  1. Alternative form of gentlemen: a men's room, a lavatory intended for use by men.

gentlemen

gentlemen

See also: Gentlemen

English

Alternative forms

Noun

gentlemen

  1. plural of gentleman
  2. plural of sir as a term of address.

gentlemen

  1. Alternative form of gentlemen's: a men's room, a lavatory intended for use by men.
    • 1929, Henry Vincent Yorke as "Henry Green", Living, Ch. xviii, p. 213:
      "You go and leave them in the Gentlemen."
      "Leave 'em in the lavatory?"
    • 1941, Joyce Cary, Herself Surprised, Ch. xliv, p. 108:
      There are quays there and lamps and some squares of grass; a ladies and gentlemen, and a cinema.

Synonyms

  • (term of address): sirs, sirrahs
  • (lavatory): See Wikisaurus:bathroom

Coordinate terms

References

  • "gentleman, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1898), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

French

Alternative forms

Noun

gentlemen m

  1. plural of gentleman