Gents'

Full definition of gents'

Noun

1. Form of possessive case: belonging to some or all gents.
• 1898, The Hotel/Motor Hotel Monthly, Vol. 6, page 27:A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's".
2. Synonym of men's room: a lavatory intended for use by men.
• 2007, Julia Niebuhr Eulenberg, "Hold the Salad" in I Should Have Stayed Home: Food, page 68 f.:I asked the way to the restroom. A young lady pointed the way and said, "I'm afraid you'll have to use the Gents', they're painting the Women's."

Usage notes

In reference to lavatories, now much more common in British English without the apostrophe: gents.

Synonyms

• men's; gents UK; see also

Coordinate terms

• ladies'

Derived terms

• gents as a lavatory

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