Gentleman in example sentence

I was not averse to a tradesman, but then I would have a tradesman, forsooth, that was something of a gentleman too; that when my husband had a mind to carry me to the court, or to the play, he might become a sword, and look as like a gentleman as another man; and not be one that had the mark of his apron-strings upon his coat, or the mark of his hat upon his periwig; that should look as if he was set on to his sword, when his sword was put on to him, and that carried his trade in his countenance.

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And I went to the IT guys here and a gentleman mended my computer, and then he said, "What are you doing here?"

So if this gentleman had had a holistic education, would he be sitting there?

And one opportunity was we got to go and meet Paul Rusesabagina, which is the gentleman that the movie "Hotel Rwanda" is based after.

And so we chose to look at Paul Rusesabagina as an example of a gentleman who singularly used his life to do something positive.

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