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Noun
Kripke, who created Supernatural and worked with this trio of gents as that series' original showrunner, long talked about getting Padalecki on The Boys.—Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2025 Sure, a leading Hollywood gent can never go wrong in a classic suit, but what does Eydelshteyn’s personal style look like off-duty?—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2025 The owner of the place, a stocky elder gent who reminded me of the environmentalist Yvon Chouinard, lived in an old stone house on the property.—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025 With last season’s suave gents out of the picture, Troy Stecher was the decisive winner.—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gent
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Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, "of aristocratic birth, graceful, beautiful," borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin genitus, past participle of gignere "to engender" — more at kin entry 1
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