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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.]
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   1. Gentle; noble; of gentle birth. [Obs.]
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            All of a knight [who] was fair and gent. --Chaucer.
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   2. Neat; pretty; fine; elegant. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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            Her body gent and small.              --Chaucer.
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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]