Gentlewoman ( Archived) (3)

Erm, Ali, There are somethings that can be looked up, this being one of them. Gentlewoman was a term used in the past, and in various circles today is still used.

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Gentlewoman
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For the film by Robert Bresson, see A Gentle Woman.
A gentlewoman (from the Latin gentilis, belonging to a gens, and English 'woman') in the original and strict sense is a woman of good family, analogous to the Latin generosus and generosa. The closely related English word "gentry" derives from the Old French genterise, gentelise, with much of the meaning of the French noblesse and the German Adelheit, but without the strict technical requirements of those traditions, such as quarters of nobility.
By association with gentleman, the word can refer to:
A woman of gentle birth or high social position;
A woman attending a great lady (as, for example, the character in William Shakespeare's Macbeth called only 'Gentlewoman', who attends Lady Macbeth)
A woman with good manners and high standards of behaviour.
Contents

1 At Court
2 United States Congress
3 Some uses in literature
4 References
5 External links
6 See also


At Court
From the time of Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I, the title Gentlewoman of Her Majesty's Bedchamber was borne by ladies serving the Queen of England, later becoming Lady of the Bedchamber.
United States Congress
'Gentlewoman' also has a local usage in the United States House of Representatives, referring to a female member of the House, as in "the gentlewoman from [place name]".


References
^ Gentlewoman at thefreedictionary.com
^ Gentlewoman at merriam-webster.com
^ Gentlewoman at capitolwords.org
^ Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
^ The English Gentlewoman at britannica.com

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