Noah Webster
Gentlewoman
GEN'TLEWOMAN, noun [gentle and woman.] A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.
1. A woman who waits about the person of one of high rank.
2. A term of civility to a female, sometimes ironical.
GEN'TLEWOMAN, noun [gentle and woman.] A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.
1. A woman who waits about the person of one of high rank.
2. A term of civility to a female, sometimes ironical.