nobleman
Americannoun
plural
noblemennoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of nobleman
Example Sentences
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It was created by two brothers, Qa'im Muhammad and Muhammad Muqim, for a Mughal nobleman.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
In Shakespeare’s “Henry VI, Part 1,” the brave nobleman Talbot sneers at any knight who is “quite degraded, like a hedge-born swain.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Everyone arrives at Ardross Castle with the desire to be either a Faithful or a Traitor and makes their case to Cumming’s devious nobleman.
From Salon • Jan. 9, 2025
Ewan McGregor was also wonderful playing a charming, exiled nobleman holding onto optimism in “A Gentleman in Moscow.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2024
The Windblown went back thirty years, and had known but one commander, the soft-spoken, sad-eyed Pentoshi nobleman called the Tattered Prince.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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