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Noble   /nˈoʊbəl/   Listen
Noble

adjective
(compar. nobler; superl. noblest)
1.
Impressive in appearance.  Synonyms: baronial, imposing, stately.  "An imposing residence" , "A noble tree" , "Severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses" , "Stately columns"
2.
Of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times.
3.
Having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character.  "Noble deeds"
4.
Inert especially toward oxygen.  "Noble metals include gold and silver and platinum"
noun
1.
A titled peer of the realm.  Synonyms: Lord, nobleman.



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... Jesus, which half a year did engender, and almost two years did nourish and confirm,' but also the following striking general statement, which, like many things from Knox, impresses us by a certain straightforward and noble egotism: ...
— John Knox • A. Taylor Innes
... reason, Mary, and I always admired your noble independence in acting as you did—nay," and he took her hand, "If you will permit me to say so, have loved you ever since I had a true appreciation of your character. May I hope for ...
— Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper • T. S. Arthur
... the African race, the SLAVE TRADE; trusting that not only the philanthropist, but every civilized being, will join in the endeavour to erase that stain from disfigured human nature, and thus open the path now closed to civilization and missionary enterprise. To the Missionary,—that noble, self-exiled labourer toiling too often in a barren field,—I must add the word of caution, "Wait"! There can be no hope of success until the slave trade shall have ...
— The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile • Sir Samuel White Baker
... came to Carthage with a messenger from the Empress Eudoxia to Genseric. Eudoxia was the widow of Valentinian III. After ruling several years, Valentinian had just been murdered by a Roman noble named Maximus, who had at once ...
— Famous Men of the Middle Ages • John H. Haaren
... described the technic of existence for the self-contained state. That is why he has the disciples. He has the bad name chiefly because he cocked his eye at the Medici family, dreamed in his study at night where he wore his "noble court dress" that Machiavelli was himself the Prince, and turned a pungent description of the way things are done into an eulogy on that way ...
— Public Opinion • Walter Lippmann


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