gemman

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛmən

Noun

gemman (plural gemmen)

1. (archaic) gentleman
   • 1904, Randall Parrish, When Wilderness Was King‎^[1]:

     But dar am a gemman yere, sah,--" "What!" came a surprised ejaculation that caused the negro to jump, and I heard a chair overturned within.

   • 1891, Martha Finley, Elsie's Vacation and After Events‎^[2]:

     But a negro servant who had been stationed as warden at the door refused to allow the messenger to pass in, saying, 'The gemman can't be disturbed.'

   • 1825, Bernard Blackmantle, The English Spy‎^[3]:

     A gem-man who often comes down with me says his father was a slopseller in Ratcliffe Highway, and afterwards marrying the widow of Admiral Hughes, a rich old West India nabob, he left this young gemman the bulk of his property, and a very worthy fellow he is: but we've another rich fellow that's rather notorious at Brighton, which we distinguish by the name of the silver Ball, only he's a bit of a screw, and has lately ~285~~got himself into a scrape about a pretty actress, from which circumstance they have changed his name to the Foote Ball.