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gent1 /dʒɛnt /noun informal1A gentleman.Blanche believes her polite and witty new man is the perfect gent - until he tries to chat up Tracy....- One customer, an elderly gent took to popping in regularly.
- One of the main characters was an elderly gent dressed up as a drummer in Napoleon Bonaparte's army.
1.1 ( gents) British (In shop titles) men’s: a gents hairdressing shop...- Hatto, who has gents' hairdressing salons in several villages, started building up his chain of shops when he was 21.
- The traditional gents barber was the victim of a practical joke by his friends working at the sign shop, across the road, where he had ordered the board.
- He's outside the gents hair salon that I always misread as saloon.
1.2 (the gents) British A men’s public toilet.I have been told that there are no urinals in the gents....- A trip to the Ladies and the Gents also involves a walk up steps - which, as well as making the toilets difficult to service, also means there is no disabled access.
- So revolted was I by this crime against the culinary arts, I immediately dashed to the gents</em.
Origin Mid 16th century: originally a standard written abbreviation; a colloquial usage since the early 19th century. Rhymes absent, accent, anent, ascent, assent, augment, bent, cement, cent, circumvent, consent, content, dent, event, extent, ferment, foment, forewent, forwent, frequent, Ghent, Gwent, lament, leant, lent, meant, misrepresent, misspent, outwent, pent, percent, pigment, rent, scent, segment, sent, spent, stent, Stoke-on-Trent, Tashkent, tent, torment, Trent, underspent, underwent, vent, went Gent2 /xɛnt / |