noble

Meaning

1. An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood.
2. A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d.

of noble birth

member of the gentry

freeborn person

high rank

honest person

public-spirited

whole-souled

worthy of respect

men of rank

magnific

respected person

of high moral value

nobly born

well-mannered person

high officer

born of a noble family

not small

worthy of honour

of a noble spirit

high class

magnanimousness

noble-minded

Frequency

Hyphenated as

no‧ble

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnəʊbəl/

From Middle English, from Old French noble, from Latin nōbilis (“knowable, known, well-known, famous, celebrated, high-born, of noble birth, excellent”), from nōscere, gnōscere (“to know”). False cognate of Arabic نبيل (nabīl). Displaced native Middle English athel, from Old English æþele.

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