nobleman
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noblemen
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Coronado, a nobleman around 30 years old, set out in early 1540 with 350 Spaniards, 1,500 indigenous allies and five friars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
It was created by two brothers, Qa'im Muhammad and Muhammad Muqim, for a Mughal nobleman.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 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
It was a gesture which, if anyone had still thought in such terms, might have recalled an eighteenth-century nobleman offering his snuffbox.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Wealthy Polish noblemen, for instance, would often refuse to pay, shielded from any consequences by their superior social position.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
Then, in the army, he experienced this kind of entirely new world where army officials were not necessarily noblemen anymore.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2026
The title character, a princess, poses three riddles to noblemen who seek to marry her.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
This “Hamlet” will ask Izzard to play noblemen, women, ghosts, soldiers, courtiers, lovers and fools.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
The shower of rocks that fell on the city was seen by large numbers of academics and by English noblemen.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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