gentlemen's
/dʒˈɛntəlmˌɛnz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
possessive case of gentlemen: belonging to some or all gentlemen.
Example Sentences
- "A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's"."
- "Over on that platform's the general waiting-room,... and over there's the Gentlemen's, and, any'ow, everythink's written up."
- ""I tell you what I must do, is to telephone. Where is it?" "D'you mean really the telephone or the gentlemen's?""
Etymology
Ellipsis of gentlemen's room, originally a waiting room for men but by the first attestation of gentlemen's in general use as a euphemism for a men's lavatory.