▁al umn i ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁North ▁Port , ▁Florida <0x0A> </s> ▁A ▁gentleman ▁rank er ▁is ▁an ▁en list ed ▁soldier ▁who ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁former ▁officer ▁or ▁a ▁gentleman ▁qualified ▁through ▁education ▁and ▁background ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁commission ed ▁officer . ▁ ▁It ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁sign er ▁was ▁born ▁to ▁wealth ▁and ▁privile ge ▁but ▁he ▁dis g rac ed ▁himself ▁and ▁has ▁en list ed ▁as ▁a ▁common ▁soldier ▁( per haps ▁at ▁the ▁lowest ▁rank , ▁as ▁a ▁private ▁or ▁corpor al ) ▁serving ▁far ▁from ▁the ▁society ▁that ▁now ▁sc orn s ▁him . ▁Comp are ▁to ▁rem itt ance ▁man , ▁often ▁the ▁black ▁sheep ▁of ▁a ▁" good " ▁family , ▁paid ▁a ▁regular ▁allow ance ▁to ▁stay ▁abroad , ▁far ▁from ▁home , ▁where ▁he ▁cannot ▁embar rass ▁the ▁family . ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁also ▁describes ▁those ▁soldiers ▁who ▁signed ▁on ▁specifically ▁as ▁' gent le man ▁volunte ers ' ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁army ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁private ▁soldiers ▁with ▁the ▁understanding ▁being ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁be ▁given ▁a ▁commission ▁( without ▁purchase ) ▁at ▁a ▁later ▁date . ▁These ▁men ▁trained ▁and ▁fought ▁as ▁private ▁soldiers ▁but ▁" m essed " ▁( d ined , ▁and ▁perhaps ▁social ized ) ▁with ▁the ▁officers ▁and ▁were ▁thus ▁afford ed ▁a ▁social ▁standing ▁of ▁somewhere ▁in ▁between ▁the ▁two . ▁ ▁Ki pling ' s ▁poem ▁The ▁term ▁appears ▁in ▁several ▁of ▁Rud yard ▁Ki pling ' s ▁stories ▁and ▁as ▁the