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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“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
Andri: Middle son - a striker who signed for Gent this season.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024
Gent, jent, n. familiar abbrev. of gentleman: one who apes the gentleman.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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