Gentleman
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In English law
A person of superior birth. Under the denomination of "gentlemen" an comprised all above yeoman; whereby noMemen are truly called "gentlemen." Smith de Rep. Ang. lib.
1. cc. 20, 21.
A "gentleman" is defined to be one who, without any title, bears a coat of arms, or whose ancestors have been freemen; and, by the coat that a gentleman giveth, he is known to bs, or not to be, descended from those of his name that lived many hundred years since.
Jacob. See Cresson v. Cresson, 6 Fed. Cas. 809.