gentlewoman
/ˈdʒɛntəlˌwʊmən/
noun
- A woman of high social class or good family background; a lady.
- In the novel, the heroine is a gentlewoman who marries a farmer.
- The gentlewoman hosted a charity ball at her estate.
- She carried herself like a gentlewoman, with grace and poise.
- A woman who is polite, well-mannered, and considerate of others.
- My grandmother was a true gentlewoman, always offering tea to visitors.
- He thanked the gentlewoman for holding the door open for him.
- A gentlewoman never interrupts when someone else is speaking.
- A woman who serves as an attendant to a queen or princess.
- The queen appointed a new gentlewoman to her household.
- As a gentlewoman of the bedchamber, she helped the princess dress.
- The gentlewoman carried the queen's train during the ceremony.
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