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noblesse

/ nəʊˈblɛs /

noun

  1. noble birth or condition
  2. the noble class
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of noblesse1

C13: from Old French; see noble
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Example Sentences

There might be just a dash of noblesse oblige in there, too, a little well-intentioned clemency from soccer’s great conqueror.

His noblesse oblige masked a steely newsman who stood by his publication and industry whenever they were under attack.

It's the "noblesse oblige" posturing of 19th-century industrialists, who pretended that building a few museums made up for grinding underpaid workers into dust.

From Salon

Given the vast wealth gap between likely patrons and these portrait-subjects, the question creates an inescapable aura of noblesse oblige.

Today, Beek and his family run it out of a sense of noblesse oblige.

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