- NOBLE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
noble implies moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean, or dubious in conduct and character
- Nobility - Wikipedia
Nobility offered protection in exchange for service French aristocrats, c 1774 The term derives from Latin nobilitas, the abstract noun of the adjective nobilis ("noble" but also secondarily "well-known, famous, notable") [2] In ancient Roman society, nobiles originated as an informal designation for the political governing class who had allied interests, including both patricians and
- NOBLE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Noble, high-minded, magnanimous agree in referring to lofty principles and loftiness of mind or spirit Noble implies a loftiness of character or spirit that scorns the petty, mean, base, or dishonorable: a noble deed
- NOBLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
NOBLE definition: 1 moral in an honest, brave, and kind way: 2 belonging to a high social rank in a society… Learn more
- NOBLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you say that someone is a noble person, you admire and respect them because they are unselfish and morally good
- Noble - definition of noble by The Free Dictionary
(Government, Politics Diplomacy) of or relating to a hereditary class with special social or political status, often derived from a feudal period 2 of or characterized by high moral qualities; magnanimous: a noble deed 4 grand or imposing; magnificent: a noble avenue of trees
- noble, adj. n. ¹ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford . . .
There are 27 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word noble, six of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
- noble - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English noble, from Old French noble, from Latin nōbilis (“knowable, known, well-known, famous, celebrated, high-born, of noble birth, excellent”), from nōscere, gnōscere (“to know”)
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