as in gentleman
a man of high birth or social position
his impeccable manners immediately marked him as a nobleman
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Recent Examples of nobleman
But the French nobleman had more than a strategic love for this future country.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
His father, Reinaldo senior, was a nobleman who bore the hereditary 18th-century title Marqués de Torre Casa.
—Air Mail, 29 Mar. 2025
Ellen does manage to settle down and live an ordinary life with Thomas, but her dark desires resurface after Thomas is tasked with selling an estate to Orlok, who his employer believes is an eccentric (and fabulously wealthy) nobleman.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
The reserve of a select group of noblemen, les talons rouges, signaled a sumptuary code, an inner circle, which explains why so many of the king’s courtiers were posed awkwardly in portraits for the purpose of displaying their trophy steppers.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
His father, Reinaldo senior, was a nobleman who bore the hereditary 18th-century title Marqués de Torre Casa.
—Air Mail, 29 Mar. 2025
Ellen does manage to settle down and live an ordinary life with Thomas, but her dark desires resurface after Thomas is tasked with selling an estate to Orlok, who his employer believes is an eccentric (and fabulously wealthy) nobleman.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
The reserve of a select group of noblemen, les talons rouges, signaled a sumptuary code, an inner circle, which explains why so many of the king’s courtiers were posed awkwardly in portraits for the purpose of displaying their trophy steppers.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nobleman
gentleman
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Hackett London’s window design was transformed into a living sculpture of a gentleman’s necktie.—
Hanna McNeila,
Footwear News,
22 May 2025
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The Wolves controlled both their first-round series against the Lakers and their second-round matchup with the Warriors, notching 4-1 gentleman's sweeps of both LA and Golden State.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
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“Nobleman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nobleman. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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