gentlebeing

noun

gentlebeing

noun

Etymology From gentle + being, modelled on gentleman.

1

Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction Humorous, Plural normally, Sometimes Polite term of address for any sentient being, human or otherwise.

  • Ladies and gentlebeings, let me introduce to you Doctor N'looma and her assistant L'raan, the Yularians who, along with other medical staff, were instrumental in giving me a new lease on life!2016, James R. Lane, Last Dance of the Phoenix, page 204:

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