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gentleman's gentleman
noun
- a valet.
Word History and Origins
Origin of gentleman's gentleman1
Example Sentences
“Not just one of greatest drummers in one of the greatest bands of all time, but a gentleman’s gentleman. He singlehandedly brought the Rock world some real class. Rock and Roll will miss him profoundly. We are significantly less without.”
“He is in many ways a gentleman’s gentleman,” explained Osborne.
He could visualize the scene—the large voluble Italian, and the snub direct administered by the gentleman’s gentleman.
Pressure to have these announced steadily mounted, and in response to a series of letters published in A Quarterly for the Gentleman's Gentleman, the Society admitted that a prerequisite for membership was that 'an applicant be attached to a distinguished household'.
Barney Ronay wouldn't degrade himself by hanging around airports badgering staff from any airline who misplaced his luggage, because he has a gentleman's gentleman to do that kind of thing for him and would probably have arrived on his own private jet anyway.
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