Associations to the word «Gent»

Wiktionary

GENT, noun. A gentleman.
GENT, adjective. (obsolete) Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
GENT, adjective. (obsolete) neat; pretty; elegant

Dictionary definition

GENT, noun. Informal abbreviation of `gentleman'.
GENT, noun. 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".
GENT, noun. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope