 | Law - 1740 - 486 pages
...Yeomen j on which Account Noblemen are ttß!y called Grntlemtn. In a more general Senfe Gentleman is defined to be one, who, without any Title, bears a Coat of Arms, or whofe Anceftors have been Freemen. «tttu $ jf aína, is an ancient Writ now out of Ufe, which lay... | |
 | A. W. Winkelmann - English language - 1816 - 514 pages
...are comprised all above yeoman: whereby noblemen are truly called Gentlemen, fsenerosi) A Gentleman is generally defined to be one, .-who, without any title, bears a coat of arms, or whose ancestor. have been free men, and by the coat that a gentleman g:,veth, he is known to.be, or not to... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 764 pages
...noblemen were truly called gentlemen, See COMMONALTY, f. ^. A gentleman is ufually; defined among hearlds, to be one, who, without any title, bears a coat of arms, or whofe anceftortf have been freemen : and by the coat that a gentltrnan giveth, he is known to be, or... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 814 pages
...noblemen are properly called gentlemen. See COMMONALTY. A gentleman is usually defined among heralds, to be one who, without any title, bears a coat of arms, or whose ancestors have been freemen : and by the coat that a gentleman piveüi, he is known to be, or not to be, descended from those of... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1838 - 540 pages
...comprised all above yeomen, whereby noblemen are truly called gentlemen. In a narrower sense a gentleman is generally defined to be ' one who, without any...coat of arms, or whose ancestors have been freemen ; and by the coat that a gentleman givetli, he is known to be, or not, descended from those of his... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1838 - 1056 pages
...comprised all above yeomen, whereby noblemen are truly called gentlemen. In a narrower sense a gentleman is generally defined to be ' one who, without any...coat of arms, or whose ancestors have been freemen ; and by the coat that a gentleman giveth, he is known to be, or not, descended from those of his name... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1838 - 542 pages
...comprised all above yeomen, whereby noblemen are truly called gentlemen. In a narrower sense a gentleman is generally defined to be ' one who, without any...coat of arms, or whose ancestors have been freemen ; and by the coat that a jeutleman giveth, he is known to be, or not, descended from those of his name... | |
 | 1838 - 542 pages
...yeomen, whereby noblemen are truly called gentlemen. In a narrower sense a gentleman is generally denned to be ' one who, without any title, bears a coat of arms, or whose ancestors have been freemen ; and by the coat that a gentleman giveth, he is known to be, or not, descended from those of his name... | |
 | Political dictionary - 1846 - 976 pages
...comprised all above yeomen, whereby noblemen are truly called gentlemen. In a narrower sense a gentleman is generally defined to be " one who, without any...coat of arms, or whose ancestors have been freemen; and by the coat that a gentleman giveth, he is known to be, or not, descended from those of his name... | |
 | Political science - 1846 - 982 pages
...comprised all above yeomen, whereby noblemen are truly called gentlemen. In a narrower sense a gentleman is generally defined to be " one who, without any...coat of arms, or whose ancestors have been freemen; and by the coat that a gentleman giveth, he is known to be, or not, descended from those of his name... | |
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In a narrower sense a gentleman is generally defined to be ' one who, without any title, bears a coat of arms... 
