Collocations withgentleman
These are words often used in combination withgentleman.
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distinguished gentleman
I have no doubt that in 1907 and 1909 some distinguished gentleman made speeches that motor cars were offensive, slow and inefficient.
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elderly gentleman
In one an elderly gentleman, with a grey head and very beautiful hands, was quietly reading a newspaper, with his long pipe by his side.
From theCambridge English Corpus
gentleman farmer
The definition of a gentleman farmer is a man who is not much of a gentleman and less of a farmer.
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gentleman of leisure
The time is now coming when man may well go out to his work for two hours and face the rest of the day as a gentleman of leisure.
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honourable gentleman
I do not know which particular one the honourable gentleman is referring to.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
perfect gentleman
The only thing that saved him was the fact that, for many years, he has played the role of the perfect gentleman.
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wealthy gentleman
Yet he proves to be far from the urbane wealthy gentleman they were expecting.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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