gentlewoman

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: gen=tle=wom=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

gentlewoman, n. 

•  A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]
•  A woman who attends a lady of high rank.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gentlewoman, n. (pl. -women) archaic a woman of good birth or breeding.

THESAURUS

gentlewoman

Eve, Frau, abigail, amah, archduchess, au pair girl, ayah, baroness, betweenmaid, biddy, chambermaid, chaperon, companion, cook, countess, dame, daughter of Eve, distaff, domina, donna, dowager, duchess, duenna, femme, femme de chambre, fille de chambre, frow, girl, grand duchess, handmaid, handmaiden, hired girl, housemaid, khanum, kitchenmaid, lady, lady-help, lady-in-waiting, lass, live-in maid, live-out maid, maid, maidservant, marchioness, margravine, matron, milady, noblewoman, nursemaid, parlormaid, peeress, scullery maid, servant girl, servitress, soubrette, squaw, tweeny, upstairs maid, viscountess, vrouw, wahine, waiting maid, weaker vessel, wench, woman