gent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gent	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for gent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gent n informal abbreviation of `gentleman' a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" Synonym(s): chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry Synonym(s): Gent, Gand, Ghent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gent \Gent\, a. [OF. gent, fr. L. genitus born, or (less prob.) fr. gentilis. See {Genteel}.] 1. Gentle; noble; of gentle birth. [Obs.] All of a knight [who] was fair and gent. --Chaucer. 2. Neat; pretty; fine; elegant. [Obs.] --Spenser. Her body gent and small. --Chaucer.