a. Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The language of the Alemanni. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Swabian dialect . . . is known as the Alemannic. Amer. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. allemand German. ] 1. (Mus.) A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A figure in dancing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Alemannic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From W.T. Coleman of San Francisco. ] (Min.) A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Fuglemen [ G. flügelmann file leader; flügel wing (akin to E. fly) + mann man. Cf. Flugrelman. ] 1. (Mil.) A soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes his place in front of a military company, as a guide for the others in their exercises; a file leader. He originally stood in front of the right wing. [ Written also flugelman. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, one who leads the way. [ Jocose ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gabeler. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Gentlemen [ OE. gentilman nobleman; gentil noble + man man; cf. F. gentilhomme. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Her.) One who bears arms, but has no title. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The servant of a man of rank. [ 1913 Webster ]

The count's gentleman, one Cesario. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Great Britain, the term gentleman is applied in a limited sense to those having coats of arms, but who are without a title, and, in this sense, gentlemen hold a middle rank between the nobility and yeomanry. In a more extended sense, it includes every man above the rank of yeoman, comprehending the nobility. In the United States, the term is applied to men of education and good breeding of every occupation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gentleman commoner, one of the highest class of commoners at the University of Oxford. --
Gentleman usher, one who ushers visitors into the presence of a sovereign, etc. --
Gentleman usher of the black rod, an usher belonging to the Order of the Garter, whose chief duty is to serve as official messenger of the House of Lords. --
Gentlemen-at-arms, a band of forty gentlemen who attend the sovereign on state occasions; formerly called gentlemen pensioners. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The qualities or condition of a gentleman. [ R. ] Thackeray.

n. The state of being gentlemanly; gentlemanly conduct or manners. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; befitting a man of good breeding; well-behaved; courteous; polite; as, gentlemanly behavior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The carriage or quality of a gentleman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. lemman, lefman; AS. leóf dear + mann man. See Lief, and Man. ] A sweetheart, of either sex; a gallant, or a mistress; -- usually in a bad sense. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. Spenser. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fruit tree (Citrus limonia) which is a hybrid between the mandarin orange and the lemon, having a very acid fruit with an orange peel; also, the fruit of this tree, the rangpur.
Syn. -- rangpur, rangpur lime, Citrus limonia. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n.; pl. Middlemen [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out in small portions to the peasantry. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person of intermediate rank; a commoner. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) The man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a bully employed by a gangster. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Noblemen One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to an old gentleman, or like one. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Rifleman (Mil.) A soldier armed with a rifle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Sicklemen One who uses a sickle; a reaper. [ 1913 Webster ]

You sunburned sicklemen, of August weary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Tablemen A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
See grammatical.
See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
See habitable.
See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
See hasty.
See hazardous.
See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
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n.; pl. Whalemen A man employed in the whale fishery. [ 1913 Webster ]