nobleman
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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
The extraordinary scene with the medium in “Rashomon” stems directly from Noh, with the voice of the dead nobleman distorted into a screeching, growling outburst.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
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
The director emphasizes that Orlok is a folk vampire, “not a suave dinner-coat-wearing seducer,” but rather “a corpse, more similar to a zombie. And what would a dead 16th-century Transylvanian nobleman look like?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
Odren asked him, speaking now as to a great nobleman, “nothing else to give?”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
A broken man, Coronado decided to turn back over the objections of many of his noblemen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 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
In 1691, while in his late 20s, Bromley had done what many young noblemen of the time did and taken the Grand Tour, visiting France and Italy.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2022
Werfel bowed to noblemen and noblewomen who passed.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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