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Definition of Nobleman

1. Noun. A titled peer of the realm.

Definition of Nobleman

1. n. One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.

Definition of Nobleman

1. Noun. A peer; an aristocrat; ranks range from baron to king to emperor. ¹

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Definition of Nobleman

1. a noble [n NOBLEMEN] - See also: noble

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nobleman

Literary usage of Nobleman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the by American Bible Society (1870)
"25 The woman saith uuin him,I know And there was a certain nobleman. ... 49 The nobleman saith unto him. Sir come down ere my child die. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The young nobleman exchanged a glance of emotion with the prisoner, ... It detached them from the court and taught the nobleman the vanity of life and of ..."

3. The Holy State, and the Profane State by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1841)
"Our nobleman freely serves his country, counting his very work a sufficient reward; as by our laws no duke, earl, baron, or baronet, though Justices of ..."

4. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"... but I remained for several days exposed to grievous annoyances, for the Provost was a great nobleman of Paris, and all the other gentlefolk took part ..."

5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"... evil influence that nobleman's scandalous neglect of his wife. Whitelocke was on a visit to the Earl of Sussex at Newhall ..."

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