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gentle/ˈd͡ʒɛn.tl̩/

  1. Noun

    A person of high birth.

    archaic

    Gentles, methinks you frown.

  2. A maggot used as bait by anglers.

    fishinghobbieslifestyle

    Pooh! the whole thing is as alive and wrigging as an angler's box of gentles

  3. A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.