(archaic, of a negated noun) Of any social standing.

(archaic) No one, regardless of social standing.

A paradox of deontic logic, whereby the plausible statements (i) if you murder, you ought to murder gently, (ii) you do commit murder, and (iii) to murder gently you must murder imply the less plausible statement (iv) you ought to murder.

(euphemistic) To die without protest.

(chiefly historical) A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK law) an armiferous man ranking below a knight.

A usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour.

(rare) A man, chiefly a homosexual, who has anal sex.

(Britain) The sergeant-at-arms in the House of Lords.

plural of gentleman

Alternative form of gentlemen's: a men's room, a lavatory intended for use by men.