Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A man of noble rank.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One of the nobility; a noble; a peer.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun 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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A peer; an aristocrat; ranks range from baron to king to emperor.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a titled peer of the realm

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Examples

  • November 2nd, 2009 Virgin nobleman SIR RICHARD BRANSON has abandoned his efforts to hire a heroic commander of a miraculous Hudson River plane crash for his intergalactic spaceship mission.

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  • November 2nd, 2009 Virgin nobleman SIR RICHARD BRANSON has abandoned his efforts to hire a heroic commander of a miraculous Hudson River plane crash for his intergalactic spaceship mission.

    Hero pilot Sullenberger jokes about marital boost in NBC 'People ... admin 2009

  • The bird carols as sweet a lay for the toil-worn peasant, who labors from morn till night, to gain a scanty subsistence, as for the titled nobleman, who rolls along in his gilded chariot.

    Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland Abigail Stanley Hanna

  • On the 14th of July, 1909, during the sitting of the British House of Commons, a certain nobleman-a real earl-charged a Labour member with being drunk, and a hub-bub arose and the Labour member resented it, and said he was not drunk.

    Empire and Democracy 1910

  • There had been much gossip about a certain Italian nobleman who had wooed her openly and madly.

    The Vision Splendid William MacLeod Raine 1912

  • In that same world, one man, even a nobleman, is of little account.

    John Halifax, Gentleman 1897

  • He had informed them of the earl of Mar's danger, and the policy as well as justice of rescuing so powerful and patriotic a nobleman from the threatened execution.

    The Scottish Chiefs 1875

  • At one of the first of the evening parties which they attended, the general topic of conversation was the conduct of a certain French nobleman, the Baron

    After Dark Wilkie Collins 1856

  • The person whom you speak of as a nobleman was presented to me as 'Mr. Vincent, an artist.'

    Little Novels Wilkie Collins 1856

  • When he became a man he mortally offended a certain Polish nobleman by some improprieties in which he became involved with the nobleman's wife.

    Peter the Great Jacob Abbott 1841

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