Gentlewoman

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 - Gentlewoman
Author: Noah Webster

GEN’TLEWOMAN, n. [gentle and woman.] A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.

1. A woman who waits about the person of one of high rank.

2. A term of civility to a female, sometimes ironical.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Gentlewoman," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed March 31, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L3VTW9S2A74PDUY.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Gentlewoman." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 31 Mar. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L3VTW9S2A74PDUY.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Gentlewoman' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 31 March 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L3VTW9S2A74PDUY.