"gentlewoman" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təlˌwʊm.ən/ Forms: gentlewomen [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English gentilwoman, modelled after gentilman (“gentleman”), equivalent to gentle + -woman. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gentilwoman}} Middle English gentilwoman, {{m|enm|gentilman|t=gentleman}} gentilman (“gentleman”), {{af|en|gentle|-woman}} gentle + -woman Head templates: {{en-noun|gentlewomen}} gentlewoman (plural gentlewomen)
  1. (historical) A woman of the nobility. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Nobility Translations (woman of the nobility): dama [feminine] (Galician), dona [feminine] (Galician), მანდილოსანი (mandilosani) (Georgian), ქალბატონი (kalbaṭoni) (Georgian), κυρία (kyría) [feminine] (Greek), αρχοντογυναίκα (archontogynaíka) [feminine] (Greek), bean uasal [feminine] (Irish), дво́рјанка (dvórjanka) [feminine] (Macedonian), благоро́дничка (blagoródnička) [feminine] (Macedonian), да́ма (dáma) [feminine] (Macedonian), wahine mārire (Maori), mareikura (Maori), สุภาพสตรี (sù-pâap-sà-dtrii) (Thai), กุลสตรี (gun-lá-sà-dtrii) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-gentlewoman-en-noun-koW~fE85 Disambiguation of Nobility: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'woman of the nobility': 96 4
  2. (US, politics) A female member of a legislature, especially a female member of a House of Representatives. Tags: US Categories (topical): Politics, Female people, Nobility
    Sense id: en-gentlewoman-en-noun-fDMGVYtc Disambiguation of Female people: 26 74 Disambiguation of Nobility: 53 47 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English karmadharaya compounds, English terms suffixed with -woman Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 98 Disambiguation of English karmadharaya compounds: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -woman: 16 84 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gentleman, gentlelady

Inflected forms

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