English edit

Etymology edit

gentle +‎ -ship

Noun edit

gentleship (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.
    • a. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, edited by Margaret Ascham, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, [], London: [] John Daye, [], published 1570, →OCLC:
      men will [] have more gentleship in their hat than in their head

References edit