subs. phr. (old cant).—A lady.

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  1567.  HARMAN, A Caveat or Warening for Common Cursetors (1814), p. 65. A GENTRY MORT, a noble or gentle woman.

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  1610.  ROWLANDS, Martin Mark-all, p. 38 [Hunterian Club’s Reprint, 1874]. GENTRY MORT, a gentlewoman.

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  1775.  BAILEY, English Dictionary, s.v.

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  1785.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.

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