From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
gent
n 1: informal abbreviation of `gentleman'
2: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at
the door"; "he's a likable cuss" [syn: chap, fellow,
feller, lad, fella, blighter, cuss]
3: port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center;
famous for cloth industry [syn: Gent, Gand, Ghent]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gent \Gent\, a. [OF. gent, fr. L. genitus born, or (less prob.)
fr. gentilis. See Genteel.]
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1. Gentle; noble; of gentle birth. [Obs.]
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All of a knight [who] was fair and gent. --Chaucer.
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2. Neat; pretty; fine; elegant. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Her body gent and small. --Chaucer.
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