Romantic vs. Gentleman

Romanticadjective

Of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the characteristics of a romance, or poetic tale of a mythic or quasi-historical time; fantastic.

Romanticadjective

(obsolete) Fictitious, imaginary.

Romanticadjective

Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).

Romanticadjective

Having the qualities of romance (in the sense of something appealing deeply to the imagination); invoking on a powerfully sentimental idea of life; evocative, atmospheric.

Romanticadjective

Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate.

Romanticadjective

alternative form of Romantic

Romanticnoun

A person with romantic character (a character like those of the knights in a mythic romance).

Romanticnoun

A person who is behaving romantically (in a manner befitting someone who feels an idealized form of love).

Romanticadjective

Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking.

Romanticadjective

Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic mind.

Romanticadjective

Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style; as, the romantic school of poets.

Romanticadjective

Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; - applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.

Romanticnoun

a soulful or amorous idealist

Romanticnoun

an artist of the romantic period or someone influenced by romanticism

Romanticadjective

belonging to or characteristic of romanticism or the Romantic movement in the arts;

Romanticadjective

expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance;

Romanticadjective

not sensible about practical matters; unrealistic;

Gentlemannoun

A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; an armiferous man ranking below a knight.

Gentlemannoun

Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.

Gentlemannoun

An effeminate or oversophisticated man.

Gentlemannoun

Any man.

Gentlemannoun

An amateur or dabbler in any field, particularly those of independent means.

Gentlemannoun

(cricket) An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.

Gentlemannoun

A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman.

Gentlemannoun

One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man.

Gentlemannoun

One who bears arms, but has no title.

Gentlemannoun

The servant of a man of rank.

Gentlemannoun

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

Gentlemannoun

a man of refinement

Gentlemannoun

a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer;

Gentleman

A gentleman (Old French: gentilz hom, gentle + man) is any man of good and courteous conduct. Originally, gentleman was the lowest rank of the landed gentry of England, ranking below an esquire and above a yeoman; by definition, the rank of gentleman comprised the younger sons of the younger sons of peers, and the younger sons of a baronet, a knight, and an esquire, in perpetual succession.