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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 employer
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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