"gentlemans" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} gentlemans
  1. (nonstandard) plural of gentleman Tags: form-of, nonstandard, plural Form of: gentleman
    Sense id: en-gentlemans-en-noun-d30kw~HZ
  2. (obsolete) genitive of gentleman Tags: form-of, genitive, obsolete Form of: gentleman
    Sense id: en-gentlemans-en-noun-Wv694-OH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89
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          "ref": "1624, Phillip [i.e., Philip] Massinger, The Bond-man: An Antient Storie. […], London: […] Edw[ard] Allde, for Iohn Harison and Edward Blackmore, […], →OCLC, Act I, scene iii, signature [B4], recto:",
          "text": "VVe may commend / A Gentlemans modeſty, manners, and fine language, / […] / Yet, though he obſerue, and vvaſte his ſtate vpon vs, / If he be ſtanch and bid not for the ſtocke / That vve vvere borne to traffick vvith; the truth is / VVe care not for his company.",
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          "text": "IN the fourth place we are to conſider the Gentlemans advantage, in reſpect of his Authority over thoſe that relate to, or depend on him: […]",
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