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
This last she decided to let to some family of gentlepeople, while herself keeping on the farm and the barns.
From Joanna Godden by Kaye-Smith, Sheila
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