"gemman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gemmen [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛmən Head templates: {{en-noun|gemmen}} gemman (plural gemmen)
  1. (archaic) gentleman Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-gemman-en-noun-YXwGLXuI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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          "ref": "1904, Randall Parrish, When Wilderness Was King",
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          "ref": "1891, Martha Finley, Elsie's Vacation and After Events",
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          "ref": "1825, Bernard Blackmantle, The English Spy",
          "text": "A gem-man who often comes down with me says his father was a slopseller in Ratcliffe Highway, and afterwards marrying the widow of Admiral Hughes, a rich old West India nabob, he left this young gemman the bulk of his property, and a very worthy fellow he is: but we've another rich fellow that's rather notorious at Brighton, which we distinguish by the name of the silver Ball, only he's a bit of a screw, and has lately ~285~~got himself into a scrape about a pretty actress, from which circumstance they have changed his name to the Foote Ball.",
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