gentlemen's room
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- noun
- /ˈdʒɛntəlmənz ruːm/
- Archaic
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aseo
- He excused himself to visit the gentlemen's room before the meeting started.
Examples
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After lunch, I went to the gentlemen's room to freshen up before the afternoon session.
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This is gentleman's room.
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When I worked at the Benedick... I was in charge of cleaning the gentlemen's rooms.
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At the event, the gentlemen's room was located on the second floor for the guests.
Synonyms
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1.0
A public room with toilets and sinks for people to use
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1.2
A room with toilets and sinks for men to use
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2.8
A public room with a toilet for people to use
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1.0
A room with toilets and sinks, often in a public building
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1.0
A room with toilets and sinks that anyone can use in public places
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7.7
An informal name for a bathroom for men or boys
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6.1
A small room with a toilet for people to use
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8.4
A room with a toilet and sink
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1.2
A room or building with toilets for public use
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3.2
A public toilet for people to use
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1.0
A small room with a toilet for people to use
A public toilet for men
A small room with a toilet in public places
A public room with toilets and sinks for cleaning hands
A toilet in a public place that anyone can use
A small private room for using the toilet
Surface Forms
Morphology
gentlemen's + room
The meaning is directly compositional: 'gentlemen's' signals possession/association with men and 'room' denotes an indoor space, so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a room intended for men (commonly a men's restroom). This possessive noun + room pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English composition, making it immediately understandable to B1 learners.
Etymology
The noun gentlemen's room comes from old public places that put the polite word gentlemen's on the room door to show it was for men. That's why it now means 'a room with toilet facilities for men'.