Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 21, 2024
Search: GENTLEMAN
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 347 | Higgins (1923) | GENTLEMAN | GENTLEMAN | GENTLEMAN: Right hand as if grasping peak of hat, or thumb tip of right "A" hand at temple to denote "Male," and then the sign for "Fine" meaning "Polite" (Lady: Thumb tip of right "A" hand on lower jaw and "Polite"). | 64 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=347&refid=higgins1923 |
| 75 | Long (1918) | MALE~FANCY | GENTLEMAN | GENTLEMAN: Sign for "male;" then bring the "5" hand down and with the ends of the fingers pointing up and the hands at right angles with the body, strike the thumb against the breast. III, 33. | 21 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=75&refid=long1918 |
| 241 | Michaels (1923) | MALE~FANCY | GENTLEMAN | GENTLEMAN: 1. Put the fist to the forehead: male. 2. Move the hand down to the breast, simultaneously extend the fingers. 3. Touch the breast with your thumb tip. 4. Move the hand out forward. | 63 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=241&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 2 | Regensburg (1913) | GENTLEMAN | N/A | LADY GENTLEMAN(l-hand) 2P-HON, NOW 1P-IX-PL(rf) INTRODUCE D-R G T D-O-U-G-H-E-R-T-Y O-F C-H-I-C-A-G-O I-L-L | 1 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=regensburg&glossid=2 |