Un traité du troit des Gens, Fr. a treatise on the rights of nations.
The following phrases are in familiar use among the French, viz.
Gens de marque, Fr. men of distinction.
Gens de condition, Fr. men of condition.
Gens d’honneur, Fr. men of honor.
Gens de qualité, Fr. men of fashion, or quality.
Gens de coeur, Fr. men of spirit.
Gens d’epée, Fr. this term is used among the French, to distinguish officers, gentlemen, &c. who wear swords, from those who do not, particularly so in opposition to gens de la robe, or lawyers.
Gens de main, Fr. executive characters.
Gens de service, Fr. useful men, persons of exertions.