US /noʊˈblɛs/ UK /nəʊˈblɛs/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the noble class; nobility, especially in the obligation of high rank

    He helped the poor out of a sense of noblesse.

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Synonyms
1 noun · the noble class; nobility,... nobilityaristocracygentrynobleness
Opposites
commonerspeasantry
Word family
Related forms noblenobilitynobleness

Etymology

From Old French noblesse ('nobility, high birth'), from noble, from Latin nobilis ('noble, well-known').

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