gent
noun
gent
1 American
[jent]
/ dʒɛnt /
noun
-
gents
plural
gent
2
American
[jent]
/ dʒɛnt /
adjective
Obsolete.
Gent
3
American
[kh ent]
/ xɛnt /
noun
Gent.
4
American
Or
gent.
abbreviation
Gent
1
British
/ xɛnt /
noun
gent
2
British
/ dʒɛnt /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of gent1
First recorded in 1555–65; by shortening
Origin of gent2
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Latin genitus begotten, born
Example Sentences
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Staten Island’s resident British vampire gent, Laszlo Cravensworth is a well-educated autodidact with varied intellectual interests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2024
A well-educated cosmopolitan gent whose inherited family riches were expanded under his watch, a man who understood the economy and helped people manage their money, which was how he made money of his own.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2023
Hiking ancient Roman roads, we encountered a friendly gent.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
Only in the last verse does the listener learn that it wasn’t a woman who left the now crazed gent, but a dog.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
Are you the gent who called for tea…or was that room 7?”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
“We don’t have to stick to the cause-and-effect of which people are going to reappear later in the story,” Gent noted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
“A really practical consideration is just the hair and make-up process of aging someone up or down,” said the screenwriter Holly Gent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
But as the script by Holly Gent and Vincent Palmo Jr. notes, this clique is in transition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
Already favourites to win the tournament before it started, they opened with a 4-2 home win over Gent, before winning 4-1 at Panathinaikos.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024
On Number IV the name of "Marmaduke Myrtle, Gent," i.e.,
From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 3 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various
"I've met with the parents of Terri, her ex-partner, and also the parents of Connie Gent. I think all of them were shocked by what we had found."
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2023
In the Brooke-Dethick feud, it becomes clear that “Shakespeare, Gent. from Stratford” and “Shakespeare the Player” are the same man.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 7, 2017
"Grevill an ancient Gent. dwelleth at Milcote, scant a mile lower than Stratford towards Avon ripa dextra."
From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by William Henry Hamilton Rogers
Gent. very rare, original binding: sold at Perry's sale for £11 11s.
From Notes and Queries, Number 06, December 8, 1849 by Various
It was copied from a rare tract, entitled, “Essayes and Characters of a Prison and Prisoners, by Geffray Mynshul, of Grayes Inne, Gent. with new additions, 1638.”
From The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times by John Thomas Smith
FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday highlighted a separate partnership with the UFC to teach federal gents "amazing tactics so they can safeguard American lives."
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
“One of the gents has said on many occasions if he wasn’t in the group he wouldn’t be here now – the group has saved his life.”
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024
“My cliquish world consisted of ladies and gents from Manhattan’s exclusive private schools and preppies down from New England boarding schools who played bit-parts on weekends and holidays,” she wrote.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
It’s definitely all about the gents for the foreseeable future.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2022
“Hang on. Let me confer with my gents a moment.”
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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