gentlepeople
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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“If tennis is a sport for ladies and gentlemen,” she wrote in American Lawn Tennis, “it’s also time we acted a little more like gentlepeople and less like sanctimonious hypocrites.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 2020
The gentlepeople of the fourth estate are gathered.
From The Guardian • Nov. 3, 2015
GMT07:24 The gentlepeople of the fourth estate are gathered.
From The Guardian • Nov. 3, 2015
“If tennis is a game for ladies and gentlemen, it’s also time we acted a little more like gentlepeople and less like sanctimonious hypocrites,” she wrote.
From Time • Jun. 29, 2015
You have been taught at home to behave like gentlepeople, so please to remember you are Vaughans, and keep up the credit of the family.'
From A Terrible Tomboy by Brazil, Angela
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