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gentlewoman
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gentlewoman has 1 sense
- gentlewoman(n = noun.person) dame, lady, ma'am, madam - a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady" has particulars: grande dame, madame
is a kind of adult female, woman
CIDE DICTIONARY
gentlewoman, n.
- A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- A woman who attends a lady of high rank. Shak. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
gentlewoman
Eve, Frau, abigail, amah, archduchess, au pair girl, ayah, baroness, betweenmaid, biddy, chambermaid, chaperon, companion, cook, countess, dame, daughter of Eve, distaff, domina, donna, dowager, duchess, duenna, femme, femme de chambre, fille de chambre, frow, girl, grand duchess, handmaid, handmaiden, hired girl, housemaid, khanum, kitchenmaid, lady, lady-help, lady-in-waiting, lass, live-in maid, live-out maid, maid, maidservant, marchioness, margravine, matron, milady, noblewoman, nursemaid, parlormaid, peeress, scullery maid, servant girl, servitress, soubrette, squaw, tweeny, upstairs maid, viscountess, vrouw, wahine, waiting maid, weaker vessel, wench, woman
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