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nobleman

UK/ˈnəʊbl̩mən/US/ˈnoʊbl̩mən/
nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,454 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: noblemen

A nobleman is a man of high hereditary rank. A minor nobleman.

The rank came with land and with obligations, which is what made it a system rather than a title. A nobleman in England could not be tried by an ordinary jury until 1948.

Peter Tillemans · Public domain

Definitions of nobleman

  1. 1nounnoblemanA man of high hereditary rank.B2+

    “The house was built by a nobleman who never lived in it.”

nobleman is a person.

Where it comes from

From noble + man.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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