noblewomen
- plural of noblewoman.
Example Sentences
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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
In Boccaccio's book, noblemen and noblewomen who fled Florence during the Black Death hole up in a villa outside the city and pass the time by telling stories.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2022
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
Their hair had once been piled in curls, arranged with jewels in the style of Roman noblewomen, but now their locks were disheveled and dry as straw.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
