{
    "term": "gentleman",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a man who is polite and well educated, who has excellent manners and always behaves well",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You acted like a true gentleman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thank you—you're a real gentleman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was always the perfect gentleman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's no gentleman!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was too much of a gentleman to ask them for any money."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["perfect", "real", "true"],
                "phrases": ["be no gentleman", "too much of a gentleman"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to address or refer to a man, especially somebody you do not know",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**Ladies and gentlemen!** Can I have your attention, please?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was talking to an elderly gentleman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can I help you, gentlemen?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a gentleman to see you."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["elderly", "distinguished", "handsome"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used to address or refer to a male member of a legislature, for example the House of Representatives",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["elderly", "distinguished", "handsome"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a man from a high social class, especially one who does not need to work",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He retired to his estate and lived the life of a country gentleman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a gentleman farmer *(= one who owns a farm for pleasure, not as his main job)*"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["country"],
                "gentleman + noun": ["farmer"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a man/woman who does not have to work",
            "labels": "(humorous)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdʒentlmən/",
                "audio": "ge/gentleman/gentlemen__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdʒentlmən/",
                "audio": "ge/gentleman/gentleman__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘man of noble birth’): from gentle + man, translating Old French gentilz hom. In later use the term denoted ‘a man of a good family (especially one entitled to a coat of arms) but not of the nobility’."
}