Syn. — Honorable; worthy; dignified; elevated; exalted; superior; sublime; great; eminent; illustrious; renowned; stately; splendid; magnificent; grand; magnanimous; generous; liberal; free.
Noble
(No"ble), n.
1. A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.
2. An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about
$1.61.
3. (Zoöl.) A European fish; the lyrie.
Noble
(No"ble), v. t. To make noble; to ennoble. [Obs.]
Thou nobledest so far forth our nature.
Chaucer. Nobleman
(No"ble*man) n.; pl. Noblemen One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank
above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.
Noble-minded
(No"ble-mind`ed) a. Having a noble mind; honorable; magnanimous. — No"ble- mind`ed*ness,
n.
Nobleness
(No"ble*ness), n. The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation
of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness.
His purposes are full honesty, nobleness, and integrity.
Jer. Taylor. Nobless
(No*bless", No*blesse") n. [F. noblesse. See Noble.]
1. Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser. B. Jonson.
2. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females. Dryden.
Noblewoman
(No"ble*wom`an) n.; pl. Noblewomen A female of noble rank; a peeress.
Nobley
(No"bley) n. [OF. nobleie.]
1. The body of nobles; the nobility. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Noble birth; nobility; dignity. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Nobly
(No"bly) adv.
1. Of noble extraction; as, nobly born or descended.
2. In a noble manner; with greatness of soul; heroically; with magnanimity; as, a deed nobly done.
3. Splendidly; magnificently.
Syn. — Illustriously; honorably; magnanimously; heroically; worthly; eminently; grandly.
