Dictionary

noble

see also: Noble, NOBLE

Pronunciation

Noun

noble (plural nobles)

An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. [from 14th c.]
This country house was occupied by nobles in the 16th century.
Antonyms: commoner, plebeian
(historical) A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d. [from 14th c.]
- 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte:
  I lyked no thynge his playe, / For yf I had not quyckely fledde the touche, / He had plucte oute the nobles of my pouche.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
  And who shall then stick closest to ye, and excite others? not he who takes up armes for cote and conduct, and his four nobles of Danegelt.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, page 93:
  There, before the high altar, as the choir's voices soared upwards to the blue, star-flecked ceiling, Henry knelt and made his offering of a ‘noble in gold’, 6s 8d.

Translations

Adjective

noble (comparative nobler, superlative noblest)

Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.
He made a noble effort.
He is a noble man who would never put his family in jeopardy.
Synonyms: great, honorable
Antonyms: despicable, ignoble, mean, vile
Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid.
a noble edifice
Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.
noble blood; a noble personage
Synonyms: superior
Antonyms: inferior, plebeian
(geometry, of a polyhedron) Both isohedral and isogonal.

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Noble

Proper noun

NOBLE

Proper noun

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