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UK
/nˈəʊbəl/
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[ US /ˈnoʊbəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈnoʊbəɫ/ ]
NOUN
- a titled peer of the realm
ADJECTIVE
-
of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times
of noble birth -
having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character
a noble spirit
noble deeds -
impressive in appearance
a baronial mansion
a noble tree
an imposing residence
severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses
stately columns -
inert especially toward oxygen
noble metals include gold and silver and platinum
a noble gas such as helium or neon
How To Use noble In A Sentence
- I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog. The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
- The heroic deeds of this brave and noble Irishman have brought honour and glory to his native land.
- 'En esta capilla esta enterrado el noble hidalgo el Lic. Fray Luis de Leon
- The nobles of his court believed he had simply gone away from them for a time to meditate. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
- He is never alone that is in the company of noble thoughts.
- Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia.
- Persons thus co-opted by the Senate were liable to the burden of the praetorship , and likewise those whom the Emperor ennobled, unless special exemption were granted.
- England's wars, waged successfully by humble bowmen as well as knights and noblemen, created among all ranks a self-confidence that warmed English hearts.
- That was a trick you learned early, from the regimental bonzes who instructed noblemen's sons. Do you ever read writing?
- It was a noble situation — noble as the ancient hau tree, the size of a house, where she sat as if in a house, so spaciously and comfortably house-like was its shade furnished; noble as the lawn that stretched away landward its plush of green at an appraisement of two hundred dollars a front foot to a bungalow equally dignified, noble, and costly. ON THE MAKALOA MAT