nobleman

[ noh-buhl-muhn ]

/ ˈnoʊ bəl mən /

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noun, plural no·ble·men.

a man of noble birth or rank; noble; peer.

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Origin of nobleman

First recorded in 1520–30; noble + -man

OTHER WORDS FROM nobleman

no·ble·man·ly, adverb

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How to use nobleman in a sentence

She’s sold as an indentured servant to a nobleman who trains her to be not only a courtesan but a spy, eventually embroiling her in a plot to overthrow her entire nation.
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Affleck plays Count Pierre de d’Alencon, a nobleman and the film’s scheming villain.
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Over a spectacularly long career, she gave defining performances of romantic 19th-century ballets — chief among them “Giselle,” the story of an innocent peasant maiden betrayed by a nobleman, set to music by Adolphe Adam.
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After all, not only are his plays filled with gender-swapping characters and sexual confusion, he also wrote a series of sonnets, widely considered the most romantic poems ever composed in English, and dedicated them to a mysterious young nobleman.
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Aiming to advance his friend’s suit, Bunker suggests that the infatuated nobleman pretend to fall seriously ill.
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A royal prince raised in a home without a titled nobleman in sight?
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After a few years, he ended up in Moscow, where he was briefly employed as valet to a wealthy nobleman.
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It was during Daenerys' wedding and I was a Pentoshi nobleman in the background, wearing a gigantic hat.
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Twice a year the formal invitation was sent out by the old nobleman to his only son, and to his two nephews.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
M was a Miser, and hoarded up gold; N was a Nobleman, gallant and bold.
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"Oh, they were quite safe in my case, not being a mangeur de cœurs," replied the discreet young nobleman.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
We don't call every tuppeny-hapenny villa inhabited by a nobleman a 'castle' as they do in Germany and Austria.
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Philip Wharton, died; an English nobleman, remarkable for his eccentricities.
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British Dictionary definitions for nobleman

nobleman

/ (ˈnəʊbəlmən) /

noun plural -men

a man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat

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