gentlewoman's
Refined female's possession
Gentlewoman's is the possessive form of gentlewoman, a woman of good breeding, refinement, or social standing—the female counterpart of gentleman.
The term is old-fashioned and mostly literary: a gentlewoman's education, a gentlewoman's manner.
In historical contexts, a gentlewoman was a woman of noble or gentle birth, or one employed as a companion to a lady of rank.
Of a prim era
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- RegencyProxy rule period
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
Renaissance · medieval · court · landed · dowager · spinster · widow's · maiden's
Domestic unit of residents
- needleworkThread-based textile craft
- embroideryDecorative stitching on fabric
- tapestryDecorative woven wall cloth
- parlorFormal room for visitors
drawing-room · chamber · attendant · companion · governess · maidservant · chatelaine · mistress
Feminine possessive form
- noblewoman'sOf titled female aristocracy
- aristocrat'sBelonging to elite class
- duchess'sOf a duke's wife
- countess'sOf a female noble
baroness's · dame's · highborn · wellborn · titled · lineage · birthright · peerage
Refined, graceful quality
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- deportmentManner and conduct
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- decorumFitting social conduct
manners · etiquette · poise · cultivation · accomplishments · finishing · comportment · civility
Victorian
Of a prim era
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- RegencyProxy rule period
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
Tudor · Renaissance · medieval · court · landed · dowager · spinster · widow's · maiden's · chaperone
household
Domestic unit of residents
- needleworkThread-based textile craft
- embroideryDecorative stitching on fabric
- tapestryDecorative woven wall cloth
parlor · drawing-room · chamber · attendant · companion · governess · maidservant · chatelaine · mistress · keeping
lady's
Feminine possessive form
- noblewoman'sOf titled female aristocracy
- aristocrat'sBelonging to elite class
- duchess'sOf a duke's wife
countess's · baroness's · dame's · highborn · wellborn · titled · lineage · birthright · peerage · rank
elegance
Refined, graceful quality
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- deportmentManner and conduct
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
decorum · manners · etiquette · poise · cultivation · accomplishments · finishing · comportment · civility · courtesy