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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. informal abbreviation of `gentleman';

2. a boy or man;
- Example: "that chap is your host"
- Example: "there's a fellow at the door"
- Example: "he's a likable cuss"
- Example: "he's a good bloke"
[syn: chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke]

3. port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry;
[syn: Gent, Gand, Ghent]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gent \Gent\, a. [OF. gent, fr. L. genitus born, or (less prob.) fr. gentilis. See Genteel.] [1913 Webster] 1. Gentle; noble; of gentle birth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] All of a knight [who] was fair and gent. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Neat; pretty; fine; elegant. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Her body gent and small. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gent n 1: informal abbreviation of `gentleman' 2: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" [syn: chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke] 3: port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry [syn: Gent, Gand, Ghent]