Gentlewoman

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  • noun. A woman of gentle or noble birth or superior social position.
  • noun. A well-mannered and considerate woman with high standards of proper behavior.
  • noun. A woman acting as a personal attendant to a lady of rank.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A woman of good family or of good breeding.
  • noun. A woman who attends upon a person of high rank.
  • noun. A lady: a term of civility applied to any woman of respectable appearance.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.
  • noun. A woman who attends a lady of high rank.
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  • noun. A woman of the nobility.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a woman of refinement
    • Word Usage
    "The good old lady admired the word gentlewoman of all others in the English vocabulary, and made all around her feel that such was her rank."
    cross-reference
    gentlelady  gentleman  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    adult female  woman  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Madame  grande dame  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clergyman  countryman  damsel  gallants  gentry  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Eve  Frau  abigail  amah  archduchess  
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