Nobel

American  

[noh-bel] / noʊˈbɛl /

noun

1. Alfred Bernhard 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist: founding benefactor of the Nobel Prizes.

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Nobel British  

/ nəʊˈbɛl /

noun

1. Alfred Bernhard (ˈalfreːd ˈbæːrnhard). 1833–96, Swedish chemist and philanthropist, noted for his invention of dynamite (1866) and his bequest founding the Nobel prizes

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Example Sentences

Like the Nobels they satirise, Ig Nobel laureates hail from all over the world.

From Barron's

Becoming one of the NBER’s roughly 1,850 “affiliated scholars” is a mark of arrival for economists, and many recent Nobel economics laureates are included in their ranks.

From The Wall Street Journal

She will join figures like Yousafzai, a Pakistani female education activist who was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for her fight for the right of every child to receive an education.

From BBC

But in recent days, locals have been stopping the Greenland MP to congratulate her on her Nobel Peace Prize nomination -- though some fear it could rekindle Washington's interest in the Arctic island.

From Barron's

The Nobel Peace Prize is a tarnished bauble.

From The Wall Street Journal