"gentlethem" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2018, Ada Harper, A Treason of Truths, Carina Press, Harlequin, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“We’re conducting biowarfare 101 today, boys and girls and gentlethem.”",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "2019, Claire Kann, If It Makes You Happy, Square Fish, Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“My queen, ladies, gentlemen, and gentlethems,” Dallas said.",
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          "ref": "2021 March 1, Mel Compo, “How to Shop for Jeans as a Non-Binary Person”, in Vice, archived from the original on 2021-03-01:",
          "text": "Shopping for jeans can be a terribly gendered experience. I hear you, fellow gremlins and gentlethems, asking why should I wear jeans ever again?",
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          "ref": "2022, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, “my body is a window”, in David Stavanger, Radhiah Chowdhury, Mohammad Awad, editors, Admissions: Voices within Mental Health, Upswell Publishing, →ISBN:",
          "text": "in a TV show where people dress up as drag queens contestants are asked to name their inner saboteur / ladies & gentlethem, please welcome to the stage Sid",
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          "ref": "2022, Jonathan Larkin, Cherry Jezebel, Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, →ISBN, page 4:",
          "text": "Gaydies and gentlethems! The MerseyPride Icon Award goes to . . . Cherry Brandy!",
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          "ref": "2022, Meredith Spies, In the Spirit (Medium at Large; 4):",
          "text": "The gentlethems at the booth here were just telling me about the Butterworth Cemetery excursion and—",
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          "ref": "2022, Rachel Swirsky, January Fifteenth, Tor.com, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“Ladies, gentlethems, and my fellow incorrigible assholes!” William shouted.",
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          "ref": "2022 September 10, “Around the world in 80 dates…”, in Saturday (The Guardian), number 50, page 28:",
          "text": "And … did you kiss? [Bella:] A gentle-them always kisses and tells. (No, we didn’t.)",
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        },
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          "ref": "2023, Camille Kellogg, Just as You Are, The Dial Press, →ISBN, page 13:",
          "text": "“Ladies and gentlethems,” Charlotte said, raising her arms like a preacher. “We are saved.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "2023 April 11, Daily Mail:",
          "text": "Now it’s the ladies and gentlethem of the jury",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "Polite term of address for a non-binary person."
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          "word": "theydy"
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          "ref": "2019, Claire Kann, If It Makes You Happy, Square Fish, Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“My queen, ladies, gentlemen, and gentlethems,” Dallas said.",
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          "text": "in a TV show where people dress up as drag queens contestants are asked to name their inner saboteur / ladies & gentlethem, please welcome to the stage Sid",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "2022, Jonathan Larkin, Cherry Jezebel, Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, →ISBN, page 4:",
          "text": "Gaydies and gentlethems! The MerseyPride Icon Award goes to . . . Cherry Brandy!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Meredith Spies, In the Spirit (Medium at Large; 4):",
          "text": "The gentlethems at the booth here were just telling me about the Butterworth Cemetery excursion and—",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
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          "text": "“Ladies, gentlethems, and my fellow incorrigible assholes!” William shouted.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "2022 September 10, “Around the world in 80 dates…”, in Saturday (The Guardian), number 50, page 28:",
          "text": "And … did you kiss? [Bella:] A gentle-them always kisses and tells. (No, we didn’t.)",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "2023, Camille Kellogg, Just as You Are, The Dial Press, →ISBN, page 13:",
          "text": "“Ladies and gentlethems,” Charlotte said, raising her arms like a preacher. “We are saved.”",
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        },
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          "text": "Now it’s the ladies and gentlethem of the jury",
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