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单词 nobleman
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nobleman

noun

no·​ble·​man ˈnō-bəl-mən How to pronounce nobleman (audio)
: a man of noble rank : peer

Synonyms

  • gentleman
  • grandee
  • lord
  • milord
  • peer
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Example Sentences

his impeccable manners immediately marked him as a nobleman
Recent Examples on the Web The titular hero of his great novella is a horse trader who has two of his animals seized and mistreated by a corrupt nobleman. Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2022 Iran bans Bahai, a religion founded in the 1860s by a Persian nobleman considered a prophet by his followers. Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 In truth, the Ottoman army had myriad Christians in its camp, including thousands of Hungarian peasants marshaled by the Hungarian Protestant nobleman Imre Thokoly. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 In 11th-century Spain, a nobleman trying to put his hand up the queen’s skirt after a royal feast might be subjected to medieval torture methods. New York Times, 15 July 2022 Thucydides was a nobleman and a general, and a generation younger than Herodotus. Dominic Green, WSJ, 20 May 2022 This transformation works—the nobleman’s daughter scoops him up in a ladle and swallows him. Sarah Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2022 Casanova later chose to believe the rumor that his real sire was a nobleman, Michele Grimani, an owner of the theatre where his parents met. Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022 Chaereas, with Polycharmus (Andrii Ishchuk), his loyal friend, set out in pursuit of Callirhoe, who has been sold to Dionysius (Daniel Camargo), a nobleman and widower. New York Times, 21 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

nobleman

noun

no·​ble·​man ˈnō-bəl-mən How to pronounce nobleman (audio)
plural noblemen
-mən
: a man of high birth or rank

nobleman

noun

as in gentleman
a man of high birth or social position his impeccable manners immediately marked him as a nobleman

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • gentleman
  • grandee
  • milord
  • lord
  • knight
  • prince
  • chevalier
  • peer
  • squire
  • baron
  • baronet
  • duke
  • viscount
  • earl
  • seigneur
  • princeling
  • hidalgo
  • cavalier
  • sheikh
  • country gentleman
  • marquess
  • sheik
  • margrave
  • nawab
  • nabob
  • esquire
  • seignior
  • marquis
  • lordship
  • raja
  • master
  • don
  • marchese
  • sire
  • princelet
  • count

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • peasant
  • commoner
  • boor
  • peon
  • cotter
  • fellah
  • churl
  • cottar
  • plebeian
  • proletarian
  • pleb
  • toiler
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