Gentleman
Gentleman noun - A man of high birth or social position.
Kingpin and gentleman are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Kingpin" instead a noun "Gentleman".
Nearby Word: gentlemanly
Kingpin
Kingpin noun - One of high position or importance within a group.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Bridger, criminal kingpin, lives the life of a proper gentleman within his prison cell.
Source: Film / The Italian Job (1969) -
Which is practically never - Mystery of the Great Pyramid and The Necklace Affair are the only times we see him acting as his own master (as the kingpin of a major trafficking network and a gentleman-thief, respectively).
Source: Comic Book / Blake and Mortimer -
The end of the Kingpin miniseries sees the return of the Gentleman from the Sinister Six Trilogy.
Source: Comic Book / Civil War II
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