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From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: need a word
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Date: Wed, 21-Dec-83 16:25:27 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 21 16:25:27 1983
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Is there a good, non-sexist, generic equivalent for the word
"gentleman" or its adverb, "gentlemanly"?  "Honorable" is
about as close as I've come, but that's not quite right.
I don't expect to find a synonym too easily, as the word
"gentleman" is, by definition, sexist.
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