gentlepeople

[ jen-tl-pee-puhl ]

plural noun

1. a formal term of address to a group of people.

Example Sentences

At that time gentlepeople dined much earlier than they do now, especially in the country.

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Oh, they are in every way most respectable, and indeed one can see by the children themselves that they are little gentlepeople.

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This last she decided to let to some family of gentlepeople, while herself keeping on the farm and the barns.

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Her father and family were removed to a good house in the neighbourhood, and gave themselves all the airs of gentlepeople.

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You couldn't mistake the Lucys for anything but gentlepeople.

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