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nobiliary particle

noun

, Grammar.
  1. a preposition forming part of a title of nobility or surname, as French de or German von.


nobiliary particle

noun

  1. a preposition, such as French de or German von, occurring as part of a title or surname

    Marquis de Sade

“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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Example Sentences

If only a 21st-century title came with a nobiliary particle.

Mixing with the higher classes of society, he wished, like them, to be known by a territorial possession, and framed the name now resounding through the world, prefixing to it the nobiliary particle, De.

"Why, the emperor has just issued a decree, providing that in future he shall have the use of the nobiliary particle; from henceforth he will have the right to call himself 'Von Gott'."

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