gentleman-friend

The father and his gentleman-friend smoked their pipes.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 8, 1917 Various

Anyhow her 'gentleman-friend' warned her that there had been a raid on a place nearby and that downstairs they were having a scare -- He said that he himself was leaving and she'd better be careful.

The Tyranny of Weakness Charles Neville Buck 1904

He learned from Mrs. Luna that it was not Olive who had sent her the "Transcript" and in letters had added some private account of the doings at the convention to the testimony of that amiable sheet; she had been indebted for this service to a "gentleman-friend," who wrote her everything that happened in Boston, and what every one had every day for dinner.

The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) Henry James 1879

Tom Gradgrind, Mrs. Sparsit latterly found herself, by accident, in a situation to overhear a conversation out of doors between your daughter and your precious gentleman-friend, Mr. James Harthouse. '

Hard Times 1876

As to your gentleman-friend, he may take himself off, wherever he likes best.

Hard Times 1876

As to your gentleman-friend, he may take himself off, wherever he likes best.

Hard Times Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1868

Tom Gradgrind, Mr.. Sparsit latterly found herself, by accident, in a situation to overhear a conversation out of doors between your daughter and your precious gentleman-friend, Mr. James Harthouse. '

Hard Times Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1868

As to your gentleman-friend, he may take himself off, wherever he likes best.

Hard Times 1868

Gradgrind, Mrs. Sparsit latterly found herself, by accident, in a situation to overhear a conversation out of doors between your daughter and your precious gentleman-friend, Mr. James Harthouse. '

Hard Times 1868

"You are my best gentleman-friend, and Biche is my best lady - friend," said the king, laughing.

Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends 1843