Nobile

[naw-bee-le]

noun

Um·ber·to

[oo m-ber-taw] /ʊmˈbɛr tɔ/, 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and arctic explorer.

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Historical Examples of nobile

There is reason to believe that the "nobile Inglese" was Maitland.
Tony Butler
Charles James Lever
Her glory has passed, her nobile are ruined and her labour enemies are, alas!
The Stretton Street Affair
William Le Queux
The "Catonis nobile letum" has reconciled itself to the poets of all ages.
The Life of Cicero
Anthony Trollope
His son Robert then held the honor of Eye, 'olim nobile castellum,' (where he founded a monastery), and other estates.
The Chronicle of the Norman Conquest
Master Wace
The finest species of the family is the Himalayan Rheum nobile, but it is exceedingly difficult to grow.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare
Henry Nicholson Ellacombe

British Dictionary definitions for nobile

Nobile

noun

Umberto. 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and aviator. He flew his Norge airship over the North Pole (1926) with Amundsen and his Italia airship over the Pole in 1928, crashing on the return

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