Gentleman
''Gentleman'' (Old French: ''gentilz hom'', gentle + man; abbreviated ''gent.'') is a term for a chivalrous, courteous, or honorable man. Originally, ''gentleman'' was the lowest rank of the landed gentry of England, ranking below an esquire and above a yeoman; by definition, the rank of ''gentleman'' comprised the younger sons of the younger sons of peers, and the younger sons of a baronet, a knight, and an esquire, in perpetual succession. As such, the connotation of the term ''gentleman'' captures the common denominator of gentility (and often a coat of arms); a right shared by the peerage and the gentry, the constituent classes of the British nobility.Thus, the English social category of ''gentleman'' corresponds to the French ''gentilhomme'' (nobleman), which in Great Britain meant a member of the peerage of England. English historian Maurice Keen further clarifies this point, stating that, in this context, the social category of gentleman is "the nearest contemporary English equivalent of the ''noblesse'' of France." In the 14th century, the term ''gentlemen'' comprised the hereditary ruling class, which is whom the rebels of the Peasants' Revolt (1381) meant when they repeated:
In the 17th century, in ''Titles of Honour'' (1614), the jurist John Selden said that the title ''gentleman'' likewise speaks of "our English use of it" as convertible with ''nobilis'' (nobility by rank or personal quality) and describes the forms of a man's elevation to the nobility in European monarchies. In the 19th century, James Henry Lawrence explained and discussed the concepts, particulars, and functions of social rank in a monarchy, in the book ''On the Nobility of the British Gentry, or the Political Ranks and Dignities of the British Empire, Compared with those on the Continent'' (1827). Provided by Wikipedia
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by Gentleman of Barbadoes
Published 1733
Published 1733
printed for J. Wilford, behind the Chapter-House St. Paul's Church-Yard
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by Gentleman of Oxford
Published 1759
Published 1759
printed for J. Fletcher in the Turl, and S. Parker in the High-Street: James Rivington and James Fletcher, at the Oxford Theatre in Pater-Noster Row, London
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by Gentleman of Oxford
Published 1765
Published 1765
printed for J. Fletcher in the Turl; S. Parker in the High-Street; and J. Fletcher in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
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by Gentleman of Oxford
Published 1778
Published 1778
printed for J. Fletcher; S. Parker and W. Jackson; F. Newbery; and J. Bew, London
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by Gentleman, Francis
Published 1765
Published 1765
printed for S. Crowder, in Pater-Noster-Row; W. Nicoll, and W. Bristow, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and C. Etherington, in York
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by Gentleman of Exeter
Published 1737
Published 1737
printed for S. Birt in Ave-Mary Lane; and E. Score, Bookseller in Exeter
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by Gentleman, Francis
Published 1774
Published 1774
printed for John Bell, near Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand; and C. Etherington, at York
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by Gentleman of the faculty
Published 1796
Published 1796
printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, No. 25. Paternoster-Row
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by Gentleman, Francis
Published 1773
Published 1773
printed for John Bell, near Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand; and C. Etherington, at York