first gentleman
noun
Often First Gentleman the husband of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
first gentlemen
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pluralof first gentleman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Along with some first gentlemen, several others participated through a video link.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
I’m lamenting all the first gentlemen we didn’t get to have.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2020
Consider this an elegy for the first gentlemen who might have been.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2020
Then there are the "first gentlemen" -- the male spouses who suddenly find themselves sitting on the sidelines after their wives are elected.
From Time Magazine Archive
The three first gentlemen had their own chasseurs and two guns each.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
