gentleman

noun6

1. •
   a man with good manners who makes the people around him feel comfortable

   • I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. — 1897
2. •
   Any man.

   • Please escort this gentleman to the gentlemen's room.
3. •
   (historical) 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; (UK law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight.

   • Being a gentleman, Robert was entitled to shove other commoners into the gongpit but he still had to jump out of the way of the knights to avoid the same fate himself.
4. •
   An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.
5. •
   (historical) An amateur or dabbler in any field, particularly those of independent means.

   • Latrobe had extensive dealings with Jefferson, the most prominent gentleman-architect in the United States. — 2004
6. •
   (disapproving) An effeminate or oversophisticated man.

   • Well, la-di-da, aren't you just a proper gentleman?