Nobleman
['nəʊb(ə)lmən] or ['noblmən]
Definition
(n.) One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Peer, noble, grandee, lord, one of the nobility.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. Nature's provision for wealthy American minds ambitious to incur social distinction and suffer high life.
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Examples
- When the nobleman and his secretary had left, my friend flung himself at once with characteristic eagerness into the investigation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But I wonder no wealthy nobleman or gentleman has taken a fancy to her: Mr. Rochester, for instance. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Just wot the young nobleman said ev'ry quarter-day arterwards for the rest of his life,' replied Mr. Weller. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- After an hour's delay, the great nobleman appeared. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Well, I propose to him such a marriage as any nobleman in the land might be proud of--the only thing in life I ever asked him--and he refuses me. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Then I caught my breath as I read the time-honoured title of the great nobleman and statesman whose wife she had been. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You may address me as the Count Von Kramm, a Bohemian nobleman. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The nobleman's reply was interrupted by his secretary, who broke in with some heat. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was an elderly man, thin, demure, and commonplace--by no means the conception one forms of a Russian nobleman. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- You're a nobleman, sir, returns Krook with another taste, and his hot breath seems to come towards them like a flame. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Baron Ungern-Sternberg, a boisterous, whole-souled old nobleman, came with the rest. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The house had nearly fallen into ruin, till in the year 2090, an English nobleman had bought it, and fitted it up with every luxury. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He's medalled and ribboned, and starred and crossed, and I don't-know-what all'd, like a born nobleman. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Everybody said he was like a nobleman's son. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He did not name him, but assured us he was a nobleman of fortune and of great respectability. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I mistrust Greek noblemen. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Two great English noblemen became his allies in scientific studies. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The Oriental noblemen had removed their own illuminated manuscript, and had removed nothing else. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Ebrington, in point of every exterior quality, perhaps too in many of his general habits, was a model for English noblemen. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He is one of the handsomest, most sensible, and distinguished looking young noblemen in Europe, Meyler replied. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Celebrities of all kinds and distinguished foreigners are numerous--princes, noblemen, ambassadors, artists, litterateurs, scientists, financiers, women. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This inclined many of the Whig noblemen to a sympathy with the colonists that they might not otherwise have shown. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- How soon may our own evil passions prove to be Oriental noblemen who pounce on us unawares! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Noblemen did not relish the thought of traveling in the same carriages with workmen. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The noblemen, the rajahs, hunted; life was largely made up of love stories. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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