'Gent' definitions:

Definition of 'gent'

(from WordNet)
noun
Informal abbreviation of `gentleman'
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" [syn: chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke]
noun
Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry [syn: Gent, Gand, Ghent]

Definition of 'Gent'

From: GCIDE
  • Gent \Gent\, a. [OF. gent, fr. L. genitus born, or (less prob.) fr. gentilis. See Genteel.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Gentle; noble; of gentle birth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • All of a knight [who] was fair and gent. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Neat; pretty; fine; elegant. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Her body gent and small. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

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