gents'

== English == === Noun === gents' (plural gents') possessive case of gents: belonging to some or all gents. Synonym of men's room: a lavatory intended for use by men. 2007, Julia Niebuhr Eulenberg, "Hold the Salad" in I Should Have Stayed Home: Food, page 68 f.: I asked the way to the restroom. A young lady pointed the way and said, "I'm afraid you'll have to use the Gents', they're painting the Women's." ==== Usage notes ==== In reference to lavatories, now much more common in British English without the apostrophe: gents. ==== Synonyms ==== men's; gents (UK); see also Thesaurus:bathroom ==== Coordinate terms ==== ladies' ==== Derived terms ==== gents (as a lavatory) ==== See also ==== Appendix:Special uses of possessives in English === Anagrams === Tengs, Tseng