Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gentlewoman"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gentlewoman \Gen"tle*wom`an\, n.; pl. {Gentlewomen}.
1. A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above
the vulgar. --Bacon.
2. A woman who attends a lady of high rank. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gentlewoman
n : a woman of refinement [syn: {dame}, {madam}, {ma'am}, {lady}]
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