Originally Posted by Brainer
"gentleperson" (which is a neologism, no?)

Nope, it’s a word I think of as very old fashioned. In fact, I’ve just checked and according to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, the first known use was in 1597 smile. Not that there’s anything wrong with neologisms or changes to language, either.

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