gentleman

gentleman Bill: as you say, very high frequency, applied always to 'old' men, term of courteous respect, not realted to social status at all, I think, tho' probably used of 'civil' old men. If we want to include it, it should not be difficult to secure at least 19th c. quots...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29210
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/29210 2023-12-31T10:18:59+01:00 gentleman image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29210 eng eng G References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13646 G_13646_gentleman http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29210 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:25Z gentleman Bill: as you say, very high frequency, applied always to 'old' men, term of courteous respect, not realted to social status at all, I think, tho' probably used of 'civil' old men. If we want to include it, it should not be difficult to secure at least 19th c. quots, and I will look for them in the Methodist missionary books, and maybe Prowse. _OED_ records 'in jocular, humorous' use _only_ G.M.Story SEP. 6 1989 Not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
gentleman
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description gentleman Bill: as you say, very high frequency, applied always to 'old' men, term of courteous respect, not realted to social status at all, I think, tho' probably used of 'civil' old men. If we want to include it, it should not be difficult to secure at least 19th c. quots, and I will look for them in the Methodist missionary books, and maybe Prowse. _OED_ records 'in jocular, humorous' use _only_ G.M.Story SEP. 6 1989 Not used
format Manuscript
title gentleman
title_short gentleman
title_full gentleman
title_fullStr gentleman
title_full_unstemmed gentleman
title_sort gentleman
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genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation G
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13646
G_13646_gentleman
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