(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:52:19

Gen"tle*wom`an (?), n.; pl. Gentlewomen ().

1.

A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.

Bacon.

2.

A woman who attends a lady of high rank.

Shak.

 

© Webster 1913.

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