gentlemanhood en · NOUN
Etymology
From gentleman + -hood.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The qualities or condition of a gentleman.
The Major would not hear of a year passing before this ceremony of gentlemanhood was gone through
1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC: