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Definitions for: Noble [n] a titled peer of the realm
[adj] having high moral qualities; "a noble spirit"; "a solid citizen"; "an upstanding man"; "a worthy successor"
[adj] impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"
[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"
Webster (1913) Definition: No"ble, a. [Compar. Nobler; superl. Noblest.] [F.
noble, fr. L. nobilis that can be or is known, well known,
famous, highborn, noble, fr. noscere to know. See know.]
1. Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above
whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable;
magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart.
Statues, with winding ivy crowned, belong To nobler
poets for a nobler song. --Dryden.
2. Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble
edifice.
3. 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.
Note: Noble is used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, noble-born, noble-hearted, noble-minded.
Noble metals (Chem.), silver, gold, and platinum; -- so
called from their freedom from oxidation and permanence in
air. Copper, mercury, aluminium, palladium, rhodium,
iridium, and osmium are sometimes included.
Syn: Honorable; worthy; dignified; elevated; exalted;
superior; sublime; great; eminent; illustrious;
renowned; stately; splendid; magnificent; grand;
magnanimous; generous; liberal; free.
No"ble, n.
1. A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.
2. An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin,
of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A European fish; the lyrie.
No"ble, v. t.
To make noble; to ennoble. [Obs.]
Thou nobledest so far forth our nature. --Chaucer.
Synonyms: aristocratic, aristocratical, august, baronial, blue, blue-blooded, coroneted, dignifying, ennobling, exalted, gentle, grand, greathearted, highborn, high-flown, high-minded, honorable, honourable, idealistic, imperial, imposing, impressive, kinglike, kingly, lofty, Lord, lordly, magnanimous, majestic, monarchal, monarchical, nobleman, noble-minded, patrician, princely, purple, queenlike, queenly, rarefied, rarified, regal, royal, solid, stately, titled, unreactive, upstanding, worthy
Antonyms: ignoble, Lady, lowborn, noblewoman, peeress
See Also: armiger, Baron, burgrave, count, Don Juan, Duke, grandee, male aristocrat, margrave, marquess, marquis, mesne lord, milord, Mortimer, palatine, palsgrave, peer, Roger de Mortimer, sire, thane, viscount
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