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noble

ˈnoʊbəl
WordNet
History sits behind a writing table and points a group of nobles to the scene on the right. There is Minerva who united Power (Fortitudo) and Vigilance (Vigilantia). They are accompanied by their attributes, the lion and the crane respectively.
History sits behind a writing table and points a group of nobles to the scene on the right. There is Minerva who united Power (Fortitudo) and Vigilance (Vigilantia). They are accompanied by their attributes, the lion and the crane respectively.
  1. (adj) noble
    impressive in appearance "a baronial mansion","an imposing residence","a noble tree","severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses","stately columns"
  2. (adj) noble
    having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character "a noble spirit","noble deeds"
  3. (adj) noble
    of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times "of noble birth"
  4. (adj) noble
    inert especially toward oxygen "a noble gas such as helium or neon","noble metals include gold and silver and platinum"
  5. (n) noble
    a titled peer of the realm
Illustrations
King Louis XIII sits on a throne, surrounded by nobles, and receives the provost and aldermen of Paris after the surrender of La Rochelle. The siege of La Rochelle can be seen through the window.
King Louis XIII sits on a throne, surrounded by nobles, and receives the provost and aldermen of Paris after the surrender of La Rochelle. The siege of La Rochelle can be seen through the window.
A barge with nobles and officers of the prince, 1577, in the Nieuwe Vaart in Brussels. The boat decorated with green branches or trees and coats of arms of counties. Part of the entry of William of Orange in Brussels, September 18, 1577.
A barge with nobles and officers of the prince, 1577, in the Nieuwe Vaart in Brussels. The boat decorated with green branches or trees and coats of arms of counties. Part of the entry of William of Orange in Brussels, September 18, 1577.
A noble couple under a rose arch. The man holds the woman's hand and is leaning forward. The woman is holding the man's upper arm.
A noble couple under a rose arch. The man holds the woman's hand and is leaning forward. The woman is holding the man's upper arm.
Offering of the petition by the league of nobles to the governor, the duchess of Parma, in Brussels, April 5, 1566. Printed on the back.
Offering of the petition by the league of nobles to the governor, the duchess of Parma, in Brussels, April 5, 1566. Printed on the back.
H. Bernard of Clairvaux in conversation with some nobles. The nobles turn away from the world and establish the first ecclesiastical knighthood. The print is part of a fourteen-volume series that forms a frame around an image of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.
H. Bernard of Clairvaux in conversation with some nobles. The nobles turn away from the world and establish the first ecclesiastical knighthood. The print is part of a fourteen-volume series that forms a frame around an image of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.
A group of nobles are considering themselves in a room, in the foreground on the right is a nobleman who points to a rosary and two jagged pieces of paper lying on the table next to him.
A group of nobles are considering themselves in a room, in the foreground on the right is a nobleman who points to a rosary and two jagged pieces of paper lying on the table next to him.
Queen Jezebel sends letters in the name of King Ahab to the elders and nobles in Naboth's city. She asks them to declare a fast, accuse Naboth of blasphemy and lese majesty, and have him stoned. Writers sit at the table and write the letters. Jezebel puts the royal seal under the letters. Below the scene a verse in Latin. Print is part of an album.
Queen Jezebel sends letters in the name of King Ahab to the elders and nobles in Naboth's city. She asks them to declare a fast, accuse Naboth of blasphemy and lese majesty, and have him stoned. Writers sit at the table and write the letters. Jezebel puts the royal seal under the letters. Below the scene a verse in Latin. Print is part of an album.
A crowd of 'Nobles and Nobodies' at the popular Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens pleasure garden in London. Some individuals from London high society can be identified. The vocalist on the balcony is 38-year-old Frederika Weichsel. The orchestra includes Jacob Nelson, the timpanist who performed at Vauxhall Gardens from 1753. Next to him is John Abraham Fisher on oboe and possibly Hezekiah Cantelo. At the front of Weichsel is the violinist François Hippolite Barthélémon, who retired in 1783. James Hook, composer, organist and music director, may be visible between Barthélémon and the singers. In the foreground right, the Prince of Wales (later King George IV) is whispering in the ear of actress Mary Robinson (aka Perdita Robinson), who is standing in arm with her smaller older husband, Thomas Robinson. All around them are probably members of the Tyers family, owners of the Vauxhall Gardens (possibly Jonathan and Margaret or Bryant Barrett and his wife Eliza). The woman at the table on the right is Mrs. Barrey, a well-known lady working on Sutton Street, Soho, London, with one of her employees and companions. Front left, 'macaroni' Edward Topham, known as 'scandalmonger to the world', stares through his monocle to Giorgiana Spencer, later Cavendish, the Duchess of Devonshire and her sister Henrietta Frances Spencer, later Ponsonby, Viscountess of Duncannon and Countess of Bessborough. Behind a tree stands Henry Bate-Dudley, "Fighting Parson" editor of the Morning Herald, or Thomas Tyers, entrepreneur and manager of Vauxhall Gardens between 1729 and 1767. Next to it is James Perry. In the lower left box, the 'supperbox', are the writers Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Oliver Goldsmith and Hester Lynch Piozzi, also known as Hester Thrale.
A crowd of 'Nobles and Nobodies' at the popular Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens pleasure garden in London. Some individuals from London high society can be identified. The vocalist on the balcony is 38-year-old Frederika Weichsel. The orchestra includes Jacob Nelson, the timpanist who performed at Vauxhall Gardens from 1753. Next to him is John Abraham Fisher on oboe and possibly Hezekiah Cantelo. At the front of Weichsel is the violinist François Hippolite Barthélémon, who retired in 1783. James Hook, composer, organist and music director, may be visible between Barthélémon and the singers. In the foreground right, the Prince of Wales (later King George IV) is whispering in the ear of actress Mary Robinson (aka Perdita Robinson), who is standing in arm with her smaller older husband, Thomas Robinson. All around them are probably members of the Tyers family, owners of the Vauxhall Gardens (possibly Jonathan and Margaret or Bryant Barrett and his wife Eliza). The woman at the table on the right is Mrs. Barrey, a well-known lady working on Sutton Street, Soho, London, with one of her employees and companions. Front left, 'macaroni' Edward Topham, known as 'scandalmonger to the world', stares through his monocle to Giorgiana Spencer, later Cavendish, the Duchess of Devonshire and her sister Henrietta Frances Spencer, later Ponsonby, Viscountess of Duncannon and Countess of Bessborough. Behind a tree stands Henry Bate-Dudley, "Fighting Parson" editor of the Morning Herald, or Thomas Tyers, entrepreneur and manager of Vauxhall Gardens between 1729 and 1767. Next to it is James Perry. In the lower left box, the 'supperbox', are the writers Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Oliver Goldsmith and Hester Lynch Piozzi, also known as Hester Thrale.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Noble
    (Zoöl) A European fish; the lyrie.
  2. Noble
    A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.
  3. Noble
    An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61 (in 1913).
  4. Noble
    Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice.
  5. Noble
    To make noble; to ennoble. "Thou nobledest so far forth our nature."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. noble
    Possessing or characterized by hereditary social or political preëminence, or belonging to the class which possesses such preëminence or dignity; distinguished by birth, rank, or title; of ancient and honorable lineage; illustrious: as, a noble personage; noble birth.
  2. noble
    High in excellence or worth.
  3. noble
    Great or lofty in character, or in the nature of one's achievements; magnanimous; above everything that is mean or dishonorable: applied to persons or the mind.
  4. noble
    Proceeding from or characteristic or indicative of greatness of mind: as, noble courage; noble sentiments; noble thoughts.
  5. noble
    Of the best kind; choice; excellent.
  6. noble
    In mineralogy, excellent; pure in the highest decree: as, noble opal; noble hornblende; noble tourmalin.
  7. noble
    Precious; valuable: applied to those metals which are not altered on exposure to the air, or which do not easily rust, and which are much scarcer and more valuable than the so-called useful metals. Though the epithet is applied chiefly to gold and silver, and sometimes to quicksilver, it might also with propriety be made use of in reference to platinum and the group of metals associated with it, since these are scarce and valuable, and are little acted on by ordinary reagents.
  8. noble
    In falconry, noting long-winged falcons which swoop down upon the quarry.
  9. noble
    Of magnificent proportions or appearance; magnificent; stately; splendid: as, a noble edifice.
  10. (n) noble
    A person of acknowledged social or political preëminence; a person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; specifically, in Great Britain and Ireland, a peer; a duke, marquis, earl, viscount, or baron. See nobility and peerage.
  11. (n) noble
    An old English gold coin, current for 6s. 8d., first minted by Edward III., and afterward by Richard II., Henry IV., V., and VI., and also by Edward IV., under whom one variety of the noble was called the ryal or rose noble (see ryal). The obverse type of all these nobles was the king in a ship. The reverse inscription, “Jesus autern transiens per medium illorum ibat” (Luke iv. 30), was probably a charm against thieves. Ruding conjectures, though not with much probability, that the coins derived their name from the noble nature of the metal of which they were composed. The coin was much imitated in the Low Countries. See George-noble, quarter-noble.
  12. (n) noble
    The pogge, Agonus cataphractus.
  13. (n) noble
    plural In entomology, the Papilionidæ.
  14. noble
    To ennoble.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adj) Noble
    nō′bl illustrious: high in rank or character: of high birth: magnificent: generous: excellent
  2. (n) Noble
    a person of exalted rank: a peer: an obsolete gold coin=6s. 8d. sterling
Quotations
Euripides
Noble fathers have noble children.
Euripides
Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility it becomes rashness or obstinacy.
J. Swartz
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Better not be at all than not be noble.
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Willa Cather
No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.
Willa Cather
Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.
John Sterling
Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
Seneca
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary F. noble, fr. L. nobilis, that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn, noble, fr. noscere, to know. See know

Usage in the news

Meanwhile, Barnes & Noble just dropped the price of its excellent Nook GlowLight to $119. ired.com

Wilfred Gerald Nobles, 55, had been kayaking with friends Saturday afternoon in the river south of Emma, Ill. courierpress.com

The driver, Joseph Noble, died at the scene. madison-press.com

I've lived at Noble and Chicago in West Town for nearly three decades, but trend-trackers keep changing the name of my neighborhood. chicagoreader.com

(July 8, 2010) Monday afternoon, at 2:10, the big white tour bus bearing 33 nobles and scholars from 11 different countries, including The Hon. northcoastjournal.com

Robert Caro will be speaking and signing books at Barnes & Noble. nyc.org

" The Noble Buyer": John Quinn, Patron of the Avant-Garde by Judith Zilczer Smithsonian Institution Press, 198 pp. nybooks.com

NORMAN — One Noble woman knows how to put the "ahhh" in massage. normantranscript.com

Daniel Mendelsohn will be reading and signing books at Barnes & Noble. nyc.org

Jeremy Noble (18, 16), Cam Flint (27, 11) and Chase Carraro (19, 2) form the nucleus of Bill Tierney's midfielders . espn.go.com

Debbie Millman 's "Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits". forbes.com

"Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits" by Debbie Millman (Allworth Press, 2011). forbes.com

I came very close to saying Barnes & Noble's Nook Color was the surprise deal of the season. nbcsandiego.com

Once a noble home, the sprawling Valtice Castle in the Baroque town of Valtice dates back at least to the 12th century. nytimes.com

Mark Edward Wetsch (Courtesy of the Nobles County sheriff's office via KARE-11). twincities.com

Usage in scientific papers

Here, we extend the random Fibonac ci system to the noble means family, and present the results from the point of view of dynamical systems.
Random noble means substitutions

The entire family is still relatively simple because each individual member of a fixed noble mean family de fines the same (deterministic) hull.
Random noble means substitutions

We refer to zm as the random noble means substitution (RNMS).
Random noble means substitutions

Random Noble Means Substitutions subword of some realisation of zk m,ℓ be the set of all legal m (a).
Random noble means substitutions

Data for noble gases show that shake-up and shake-off effects were of comparable magnitude (Svensson et al., 1988; Armen et al., 1985; Wark et al., 1991).
Shake-up and shake-off excitations with associated electron losses in X-ray studies of proteins

Usage in literature

This was a noble animal, with horns of gold and feet of iron. "Myths and Legends of All Nations" by Various

There is a moral lesson of profound interest in the steps by which a noble nature glides to perdition. "Short Studies on Great Subjects" by James Anthony Froude

At last Charles himself received her in the midst of a throng of nobles and soldiers. "History of the English People, Volume III (of 8)" by John Richard Green

Give me a nation of noble women, and I will give you a noble nation. "Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women" by George Sumner Weaver

A noble mind best teaches what is noble. "Northland Heroes" by Florence Holbrook

On the third night, we encamped at the foot of an obelisk in the centre of some noble ruins. "Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet" by Captain Marryat

A part of the same noble company, though not all, were at Chancellorsville. "Woman's Work in the Civil War" by Linus Pierpont Brockett

They are supporters of the decent usages sanctioned by antiquity, and consecrated by the veneration of a long line of the great and noble. "Aurelian" by William Ware

We were in the command of General Silas Casey, a noble specimen of a man and a soldier. "Three Years in the Sixth Corps" by George T. Stevens

Now am I sure the noble fellowship of the Round Table is broken for ever, for with him will many a noble knight hold. "Stories of King Arthur and His Knights" by U. Waldo Cutler

Usage in poetry
Were his thoughts of her who was with him
In the flower of her noble life,
Of her who had stood beside him
A true and a tender wife?
"We Danced At Night In The Farm House" by Alexander Anderson
And Lucyus, the emperour of Rome,
I brought to deadly wracke;
And a thousand more of noble knightes
For feare did turne their backe.
"The Legend of King Arthur" by Thomas Percy
I'll read my triumph in thine eyes,
Behold, and prove the change;
Then leave, perchance, my noble prize,
Once more in arms to range.
"Passion" by Charlotte Bronte Author object (108)
Their father hearing all was said,
It made his noble heart grow sad;
"My children, I love both of you,
And yet I love my country, too."
"Young Henry" by Julia A Moore
He spoke of one—an early friend—
Who led me into perfect calm,
And brought me to that noble end
Where all this earth is like a psalm.
"Grasmere" by Alexander Anderson
Are thy plans noble, just, and fair?
Pursue them bravely to the end,
Nor pause to question or to care
What says thy foe, or what thy friend.
"Autonomy" by John Lawson Stoddard