as in aristocrat
a man or woman of high birth or social position gentlepersons did not want to be seen keeping company with commoners

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Noun
  • The English aristocrat will receive an enormous sum to marry Gladys, the daughter of the railroad titan.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 7 July 2025
  • This novel, the first in a trilogy, pokes gentle fun at the aristocrat and all her unruly impulses.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Landscape paintings and portraits of nobles jostled for attention alongside historical paintings and imagined scenes from Shakespeare’s plays.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
  • Its patriarch, Eugenio, began supplying a few hundred liters of wine to small stores and nobles residing there.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
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“Gentleperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentleperson. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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