gentlemen

See also: Gentlemen

English

Alternative forms

• (lavatory): Gentlemen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛnl̩.mɛn/, /ˈdʒɛnl̩.mən/, /ˈdʒɪnl̩.mɪn/

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Noun

gentlemen ‎(plural gentlemen)

1. plural of gentleman
2. plural of sir as a term of address.
3. Alternative form of gentlemen's: a men's room, a lavatory intended for use by men.
   • 1929, Henry Vincent Yorke as "Henry Green", Living, Ch. xviii, p. 213:

     "You go and leave them in the Gentlemen."
     "Leave 'em in the lavatory?"

   • 1941, Joyce Cary, Herself Surprised, Ch. xliv, p. 108:

     There are quays there and lamps and some squares of grass; a ladies and gentlemen, and a cinema.

Synonyms

• (term of address): sirs, sirrahs
• (lavatory): See Wikisaurus:bathroom

Coordinate terms

• (all senses): ladies

Derived terms

• See gentleman

References

• "gentleman, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1898), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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French

Alternative forms

• gentlemans

Noun

gentlemen m

1. plural of gentleman