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‖ haute noblesse|ot noblɛs| [Fr., f. haute (fem.) high + noblesse.] The upper stratum of the aristocracy.
1787W. Beckford Let. 8 Nov. in Italy (1834) II. xxx. 146 The famous tenor singer, who entertained us..with many private anecdotes of the haute noblesse. 1907M. E. Braddon Dead Love has Chains ii. 23 She had friends among the haute noblesse..in the old St. Germain faubourg. 1934A. Woollcott While Rome Burns 220 The panic among the English haute noblesse during the Oscar Wilde trial. |