gentleman's gentleman
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gentleman's gentleman
First recorded in 1715–25
Example Sentences
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Cramm emerged as a top player in both singles and doubles in the 1930s and quickly established a reputation as a gentleman’s gentleman on the court and off.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2011
But it was the bowler's general bearing and neatness which charmed the young writer almost as much as the name he'd been seeking for his newly conceived character of a gentleman's gentleman.
From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2011
The daring British spy with "a licence to kill" is now as much a historical figure as the gentleman's gentleman or the amateur detective.
From The Guardian • May 31, 2010
U. S. reading households have been without their favorite gentleman's gentleman for four years and five months.
From Time Magazine Archive
Have you by chance anything that will sit genteel, and make me look like a gentleman's gentleman?
From The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern by Goldoni, Carlo
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