Gent

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É›nt

From gentleman.

Full definition of gent

Noun

1. A gentleman.

Related terms

• genteel
• gentile
• gentle

From Old French gent, ultimately from Latin genitum ("born").

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
• ChaucerA knight who was fair and gent.
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ix:He lou'd, as was his lot, a Ladie gent,
  That him againe lou'd in the least degree ....
2. (obsolete) neat; pretty; elegant
• SpenserHer body gent and small.----