Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gent \Gent\, a. [OF. gent, fr. L. genitus born, or (less prob.)
fr. gentilis. See {Genteel}.]
1. Gentle; noble; of gentle birth. [Obs.]
All of a knight [who] was fair and gent. --Chaucer.
2. Neat; pretty; fine; elegant. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Her body gent and small. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gent
n 1: informal abbreviation of `gentleman'
2: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at
the door"; "he's a likable cuss" [syn: {chap}, {fellow}, {feller},
{lad}, {fella}, {blighter}, {cuss}]
3: port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center;
famous for cloth industry [syn: {Gent}, {Gand}, {Ghent}]
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