A mythical creature of the male gender, the Southern Gentleman is the Spear Counterpart to the Southern Belle. Common vices: Drinking and/or gambling. Common virtues: Well-dressed, well-spoken, charmin', suave and invariably polite to the opposite gender. Other attributes: White suit of light material (especially in summer), corncob pipe that nevertheless manages to look dignified, mint julep. Habitat: Romance novels, westerns. Associated tropes: Dixie accent, Officer and a Gentleman. Status: Nearly extinct. Some are still known to moonlight as simple country lawyers.