Gentlelady vs. Gentlewoman

Gentleladynoun

(US) A form of address for a woman.

Gentlewomannoun

(historical) A woman of the nobility.

Gentlewomannoun

A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.

Gentlewomannoun

A woman who attends a lady of high rank.

Gentlewomannoun

a woman of refinement;

Gentlewoman

A gentlewoman (from the Latin gentilis, belonging to a gens, and English 'woman') in the original and strict sense is a woman of good family, analogous to the Latin generosus and generosa. The closely related English word derives from the Old French genterise, gentelise, with much of the meaning of the French noblesse and the German Adel, but without the strict technical requirements of those traditions, such as quarters of nobility.