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noblewoman

American  
[noh-buhl-woom-uhn] / ˈnoʊ bəlˌwʊm ən /

noun

  • noblewomen
    plural
  1. a woman of noble birth or rank.


noblewoman British  
/ ˈnəʊbəlwʊmən /

noun

  1. a woman of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of noblewoman

First recorded in 1565–75; noble + -woman

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"One way of reforming this rigid system is to start with our own families," said Norlina Rambu Jola Kalunga, 54, a noblewoman who inherited five atas when she married the son of a royal family.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

As Lucretia, domina of the House of Batiatus, Lawless’ Capuan noblewoman was barred from participating in politics.

From Salon Dec. 20, 2025

A monk named Paschalis devotes his life to a biography of the noncanonical saint Wilgefortis, a venerated Christian noblewoman who grew a beard to vouchsafe her chastity.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

In Hamlet, Ophelia, his wife, a young noblewoman from Denmark, goes mad and drowns.

From BBC Oct. 17, 2025

An elf speaking out against a noblewoman in her own home.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

In Ancient Egypt, pharaohs and noblewomen wore embellished braided wigs to show power, and in the Middle Ages, women's long hair became associated with femininity and virtue.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

He then arranged for thousands of his Greek and Macedonian officers to marry Persian noblewomen in an effort to formally and permanently fuse together the Greek and Persian civilizations.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2020

Aspiring knights were pages; noblewomen worked as ladies in waiting.

From The New Yorker Jun. 7, 2018

And—crucially—it gives fair time to educated noblewomen like Christine de Pizan and Lucrezia Marinella, who in their work exposed the misogynist creed for the veil of lies it was.

From Slate Feb. 6, 2015

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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