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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are gentleman" is not correct in standard written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing a group of men who are polite or well-mannered, but it should be "are gentlemen" to be grammatically correct.
Example: "In our community, we believe that all members are gentlemen who treat each other with respect."
Alternatives: "are polite men" or "are refined individuals".
Dictionary
are gentleman
noun
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; an armiferous man ranking below a knight.
Exact(2)
Steel cut oats are gentleman's oats.
Consider the Winkelvoss twins – both born in the 80s (Millennials: check!) – who abandon more noble principles ("we are gentleman of Harvard, we don't sue and we don't plant stories") and spend the majority of the movie demanding compensation over a site that they didn't build.
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"There are gentlemen's clubs.
The men are gentlemen.
The guys are gentlemen.
"There are gentlemen here too".
"In my experience most boxers are gentlemen, nice guys.
Why, said he, are gentlemen desirous of retaining this power?
They are gentlemen at all times.
You know...men that are gentlemen.
As you were, gentleman.
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