Gentles [verb]

Mickle thocht we o' the gentles ayont the sea, an' sair grat we for a' frien's we kent lang syne in oor ain countree.

His father's people were of the noblesse of the robe, country gentles; his mother a cousin of the two dukes Rochefoucauld.

Yes, gentles and people, I commend this plaque to your careful attention.

There, gentles and his worship the governor, come closer and look.

He considers maggots (gentles) an admirable diet, and he gave me a valuable hint about them.

Well, I dunno the meaning of that—maybe it's a word you gentles gives to the things you can't explain.

John Denny at once told me he had signed on as cook, but added quaintly: "I have never cooked for gentles."

Gentles they are, who have but escaped from the hands of the Burgundians, having been prisoners for many months.

How both gentles and peasants acted can be exactly known through the Archives of Eu.

The larv of the blow-fly are well known to the angler, who uses them for bait, and calls them gentles.