Other forms: gents
A gent is a man, said informally. An old gent, the gents, a proper gent.
It is friendly and slightly dated, and it survives above all on the door of a public lavatory: the gents. Calling somebody a proper gent is praise for good manners, and it carries no suggestion of rank at all, unlike the full word.
1noungentA man, said informally.
“The old gent at the bus stop tipped his hat and wished me good morning.”
gent is a man.
Also accepted in games: bloke
A shortening of gentleman, from Old French gentil, well-born, from Latin gentilis, of a family.
Short for gentleman.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA