noble
adjective/ˈnəʊbl/
/ˈnəʊbl/
(comparative nobler
/ˈnəʊblə(r)/
/ˈnəʊblər/
, superlative noblest /ˈnəʊblɪst/
/ˈnəʊblɪst/
)- having or showing fine personal qualities that people admire, such as courage, honesty and care for others
- a noble leader
- noble ideals
- He died for a noble cause.
- She died in a noble cause.
- It was very noble of you to go so far to take him home.
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- belonging to a family of high social rank (= belonging to the nobility) synonym aristocratic
- He was a young man of noble birth.
- one of the noblest families in Portugal
- Intermarriage between the noble families means that all the counts are related.
- very impressive in size or quality synonym splendid
- a noble building
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin (g)nobilis ‘noted, high-born’, from an Indo-European root shared by know.
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