Noble
['nəʊb(ə)l] or ['nobl]
Definition
(adj.) having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; 'a noble spirit'; 'noble deeds' .
(adj.) of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; 'of noble birth' .
(adj.) inert especially toward oxygen; 'a noble gas such as helium or neon'; 'noble metals include gold and silver and platinum' .
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Definition
(superl.) Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart.
(superl.) Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice.
(superl.) Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn; as, noble blood; a noble personage.
(n.) A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.
(n.) An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61.
(n.) A European fish; the lyrie.
(v. t.) To make noble; to ennoble.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Great, dignified, superior, elevated, worthy, exalted, illustrious.[2]. Grand, stately, lordly, splendid, magnificent, sublime.
n. Nobleman.
Editor: Sallust
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Grand, aristocratic, generous, illustrious, exalted, worthy, magnanimous,dignified, excellent, lofty-minded, honorable, fine
ANT:Mean, plebeian, ignoble, paltry
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Definition
adj. illustrious: high in rank or character: of high birth: magnificent: generous: excellent.—n. a person of exalted rank: a peer: an obsolete gold coin=6s. 8d. sterling.—n. Nō′bleman a man who is noble or of rank: a peer: one above a commoner.—adj. Nō′ble-mind′ed having a noble mind.—ns. Nōble-mind′edness; Nō′bleness the quality of being noble: excellence in quality: dignity: greatness by birth or character: ingenuousness: worth; Nobless′ Noblesse′ (Spens.) nobility: greatness: the nobility collectively; Nō′blewoman the fem. of Nobleman.—adv. Nō′bly.—Noble art boxing; Noble metals (see Metal).—Most noble the style of a duke.
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Examples
- He, the noble, the warlike, the great in every quality that can adorn the mind and person of man; he is fitted to be the Protector of England. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He lost the genial suavity of manner which is one of his greatest charMs. A noble indignation inspired his reply. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I happen to know that he paid seven hundred pounds to a footman for a note two lines in length, and that the ruin of a noble family was the result. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- For the love of Heaven, of justice, of generosity, of the honour of your noble name! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- On the march you saw her at the head of the regiment seated on a royal elephant, a noble sight. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Noble natures under such circumstances become enraged. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This is kind, she cried; this is noble, my own beloved! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But, though luxurious, the Norman nobles were not generally speaking an intemperate race. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- As is the custom upon Barsoom there were thirty-one, supposedly selected by lot from men of the noble class, for nobles were on trial. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And an army of emigrés, French nobles and gentlemen, an army largely of officers, was allowed to accumulate close to the frontier. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I could see messengers running swiftly through the audience, and as they passed the nobles there unsheathed their swords and sprang into the arena. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The nobles, who despised commerce, and the burghers, who lived by it, were always fighting for the upper hand, and the laboring people sided now with one party, and now with the other. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Where churches were being built he painted glass, where towns or nobles needed measurers or surveyors of their lands he worked for them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The nobles did not hesitate to express their fear; the other party endeavoured to treat the matter lightly. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This groom is the pilot-fish before the nobler shark. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Before my eyes, too, his disposition seemed to unfold another phase; to pass to a fresh day: to rise in new and nobler dawn. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- That is John Hebron, of Atlanta, said the lady, and a nobler man never walked the earth. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- To this nobler purpose the man of understanding will devote the energies of his life. Plato. The Republic.
- There is a nobler strain heard in the words:--'Endure, my soul, thou hast endured worse. Plato. The Republic.
- Someone of a nobler character, and more worthy altogether than anyone I have ever seen here, must rise up, before I give my consent. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There can be no nobler training than that, he replied. Plato. The Republic.
- I prayed them to save even from himself this scion of the noblest family in England. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Was not knowing, the activity of reason, the noblest attribute of man? John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In still earlier years than those I have been recalling, Holliday's Hill, in our town, was to me the noblest work of God. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This is much more agreeable to me, who esteem it the most useful, the most independent, and, therefore, the noblest of employments. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- You have heard the fate that the men of Zodanga would mete to Helium's noblest hero. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And he was the noblest and the manliest, save Esau. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- What is it that confers the noblest delight? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Trudy