| n. | 1. | A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar. |
| 2. | A woman who attends a lady of high rank. |
| Noun | 1. | gentlewoman - a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady" |
GENTLEWOMAN. This word is unknown to the law in the United States, and is but little used. In England. it was, formerly, a good addition of the state or degree of a woman. 2 Inst. 667.
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