different between masters vs gentlemen

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??s.t?z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mæs.t?z/
• Hyphenation: mas?ters

Noun

masters

1. plural of master

Noun

masters (plural masters)

1. A master's degree.

Synonyms

(master's degree): master, master's, Master, Masters

Verb

masters

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of master

Anagrams

• Amsters, Streams, mastres, matress, ramsets, remasts, streams

French

Noun

masters m (plural masters)

1. master (all senses)

Swedish

Noun

masters

1. indefinite genitive plural of mast

West Frisian

Noun

masters

1. plural of master

English

Alternative forms

• (lavatory): Gentlemen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??n.t?l.m?n/, /?d??n.t?l.m?n/, /?d??n.t?l?m?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d????.?l.m?n/, /?d????.?l?m?n/

Noun

gentlemen

1. plural of gentleman

Coordinate terms

• ladies
• sirs, sirrahs

Noun

gentlemen

1. Alternative form of gentlemen's: a men's room, a lavatory intended for use by men.
   • 1929, Henry Vincent Yorke as "Henry Green", Living, Ch. xviii, p. 213:

     "You go and leave them in the Gentlemen."
     "Leave 'em in the lavatory?"

   • 1941, Joyce Cary, Herself Surprised, Ch. xliv, p. 108:

     There are quays there and lamps and some squares of grass; a ladies and gentlemen, and a cinema.

Synonyms

• (lavatory): see Thesaurus:bathroom

Coordinate terms

• ladies

References

• "gentleman, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1898), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

French

Alternative forms

• gentlemans

Noun

gentlemen m

1. plural of gentleman