nobleman

[ noh-buhl-muhn ]

noun

, plural no·ble·men.

1. a man of noble birth or rank; noble; peer.

nobleman

/ ˈnəʊbəlmən /

noun

1. a man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat

Other Words From

• noble·man·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of nobleman¹

First recorded in 1520–30; noble + -man

Example Sentences

The title character, a princess, poses three riddles to noblemen who seek to marry her.

From Los Angeles Times

A few years later, the tutor to the empress’s rival Shoshi, Shikibu wrote the world’s first known novel, “The Tale of Genji,” about a talented and handsome nobleman hampered by his family’s unfortunate political position.

From Seattle Times

Macbeth was portrayed by Shakespeare as a brave nobleman transformed into a treacherous murderer by ambition .

From BBC

Ms. Charlot, a New York native who died at her home in Tepoztlán, Mexico, on Sunday at 101, had been a Hollywood singer before her marriage in the mid-1940s to a viscount, or British nobleman.

From New York Times

Yabushige defies the wishes of his Portuguese Jesuit translator and spares Blackthorne, who seems a mere pirate until his Protestant desecration of the Catholic cross tips off the nobleman to his true motivations.

From New York Times

Related Words

• aristocrat
• blue blood
• emperor
• patrician