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GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gentleman's gentleman mean? 

GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN (noun)
  The noun GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN has 1 sense:

1. a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employerplay

  Familiarity information: GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

gentleman; gentleman's gentleman; man; valet; valet de chambre

Context example:

Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man

Hypernyms ("gentleman's gentleman" is a kind of...):

body servant (a valet or personal maid)

manservant (a man servant)


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