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Gentlewoman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.

2. A woman who waits about the person of one of high rank.

3. A term of civility to a female, sometimes ironical.

Gentlewoman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.