EuroLex/E/Gentleman


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: gentleman, 1.) 'a man of refined behaviour', 2.) 'a man of good social position' (DEA*)

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


 * Annotations: *DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; CODEE** = The Concise Oxford English Dictionary by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.

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 * Information on Other Languages: Icelandic: gentil-/gentlemaður; mid17c; meaning 1 and 2; status: restricted use: archaic;/ séntilmaður; end19c; meaning 2; status: fully accepted but still marked as English. Romanian: gentleman [= Engl. pron.]; mid19c; meaning 1; status: fully accepted but still marked as English. Russian: dzhentl'men; 18c; meaning 1; status: fully accepted but still marked as English. Bulgarian: dzhentlemen/dzhentŭlmen; end19c; meaning 1; status: restricted use: archaic/fully accepted but still marked as English. Albanian: xhentëlmen; mid20c; meaning 1; status: fully accepted but still marked as English. Greek: tzedleman; 20c; meaning 1; status: fully accepted but still marked as English, restricted to colloquial use, equally frequent as kirios.