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Gentleman
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GENTLEMAN. In the English law, according to Sir Edward Coke, is one who bears a coat of armor. 2 Inst. 667. In the United States, this word is unknown to the law, but in many places it is applied, by courtesy, to all men. See Poth. Proc. Crim. sect. 1, App. Sec. 3.
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De analoga forma, Alejandro Dumas, en su supuestamente autobiografico relato Los gentilhombres de Sierra Morena, habla de lo dificil que resulta que la vision de una ciudad se acompase con la idea previa que en ella se busca: ni una Cordoba clasica, gotica o musulmana, sino, simplemente, una ciudad espanola.
Albert Edelfelt: Cartas del viaje por Espana (1881) by Del Pilar Palomo, Ma. / Hispanofila
Obviously, much more important was the fact 'que el pretendiente no tiene oficio ni ocupacion alguna, que se crio con toda decencia, conforme a su calidad, en casa de su padre, y que este no sabe que tenga otra ocupacion que la de Gentilhombre de Casa de S.
Segovia and Portugal in the seventeenth century by Cueto, Ronald / Portuguese Studies
The concert opened with a vivacious performance of Mozart's Magic Flute overture and a poised performance of Rodrigo's Fantasia para un gentilhombre.
Music: Cathedral Orchestra, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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