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noble
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[ adjective ] having high moral qualities
Synonyms Examples "a noble spirit" "a solid citizen" "an upstanding man" "a worthy successor" Used in print (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)Resolved that , while we most decidedly disapprove the methods he adopted to accomplish his objects , yet in his willingness to die in aid of the great cause of human freedom , we still recognize the qualities of a noble nature and the exercise of a spirit which true men have always admired and which history never fails to honor . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] impressive in appearance
Examples "a baronial mansion" "an imposing residence" "a noble tree" "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses" "stately columns" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Not the noblest performance we have heard him play , or the most spacious , or even the most eloquent . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)Heavy_coated , severe looking policemen sat astride noble horses along the curbside to prevent the revellers from spilling_out in_front of the crawling traffic . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times
Examples "of noble birth" Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)Thomas_Douglas , fifth Earl of Selkirk , a noble humanitarian Scot concerned with the plight of the crofters of his native Highlands , conceived a plan to settle them in the valley of the Red_River of the North . In September 1817 at Fort_Daer ( Pembina ) Dickson met the noble lord whom , with the help of a band of Sioux , he escorted to Prairie_du_Chien . |
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[ adjective ] having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character
Examples "a noble spirit" "noble deeds" Used in print (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)It seems to me that the first human_being to reach one of these planets may well learn what it is to be a truly great and noble species '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 691
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[ noun ] Man's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 1004
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[ adjective ] (chemistry) inert especially toward oxygen
Examples "a noble gas such as helium or neon" "noble metals include gold and silver and platinum" Related terms |
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