gentlewoman
IPA: dʒˈɛntʌɫwʊmʌn
noun
- (historical) A woman of the nobility.
- (US, politics) A female member of a legislature, especially a female member of a House of Representatives.
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Examples of "gentlewoman" in Sentences
- Be a gentlewoman and make the change.
- The Gentlewoman and the bewildered Doctor exeunt.
- The Doctor and the Gentlewoman stand aside to observe.
- I married a gentlewoman more for her worth than her wealth, ...
- Hero and her gentlewoman Ursula play the same trick upon Beatrice.
- The gentlewoman therefore made her wash her hands before she went home.
- It seems clear too that she was of mixed race and certainly no gentlewoman.
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