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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

gentlewoman
    n 1: a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the
         limousine for the grand lady" [syn: dame, madam,
         ma'am, lady, gentlewoman]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gentlewoman \Gen"tle*wom`an\, n.; pl. Gentlewomen.
   [1913 Webster]
   1. A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above
      the vulgar. --Bacon.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A woman who attends a lady of high rank. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

GENTLEWOMAN. This word is unknown to the law in the United States, and is 
but little used. In England. it was, formerly, a good addition of the state 
or degree of a woman. 2 Inst. 667.

Thesaurus Results for gentlewoman:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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