Citizen and Gentleman

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Citizen noun - A person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it.

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Gentleman and citizen are semantically related in people topic. In some cases you can use "Gentleman" instead a noun "Citizen".

Nearby Words: citizenship, citizenry

Gentleman noun - A man of high birth or social position.

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Citizen and gentleman are semantically related in people topic. Sometimes you can use "Citizen" instead a noun "Gentleman".

Nearby Word: gentlemanly

William Hartnell, who played the original incarnation of the Doctor quoted in the serial The Daleks masterplan "I am a citizen of the universe and a gentleman to boot" which was to represent 19th century British ideals.

Source: British Stuffiness
I am a citizen of the Universe, and a gentleman to boot.— The DoctorA 12-episode monster, which begins with the TARDIS arriving on the planet Kembel and meeting Bret Vyon (Nicholas Courtney!) of the Space Security Service.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S3 E4 "The Daleks' Master Plan"
Eddie Murphy's urban conman running for Congress in The Distinguished Gentleman impresses a Jewish senior citizen by contradicting her in Yiddish, which he apparently picked up playing gin on Miami Beach.

Source: Yiddish as a Second Language

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