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nobleman

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈnoʊbl̩mən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊbl̩mən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: N OW1 B AH0 L M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A peer; an aristocrat; ranks range from baron to king to emperor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a titled peer of the realm

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Lord, noble

Antonyms: noblewoman

Broader terms: male aristocrat

Narrower terms: armiger, baron, burgrave, count, duke, grandee, margrave, marquis, marquess, mesne lord, milord, palatine, palsgrave, peer, sire, thane, viscount, Don Juan, Mortimer, Roger de Mortimer

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English noble Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English nobleman From noble + man.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَبِيل (nabīl) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Arabic: نبيل (nabīl) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Armenian: ազնվական (aznvakan) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Belarusian: дваранíн (dvaranín) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Belarusian: шля́хцiц (šljáxcic) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Bulgarian: благоро́дник (blagoródnik) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貴族 /贵族 (guìzú) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 君子 (jūnzǐ) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Czech: šlechtic — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Danish: adelsmand — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Dutch: adellijke — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Dutch: edelman — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Erzya: мастачей (mastačej) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Estonian: aadlimees — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Estonian: aadlik — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Finnish: aatelismies — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • French: noble — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • German: Edelmann — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • German: Adeliger — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • German: Adliger — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • German: Aristokrat — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Hebrew: אָצִיל (atzíl) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Hindi: रईस (raīs) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Hungarian: nemes — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Icelandic: aðalsmaður — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Italian: nobiluomo — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Italian: nobile — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Japanese: 貴族 (kizoku) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Japanese: 華族 (kazoku) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Korean: 귀족 (gwijok) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Middle Korean: 어비〮ᄆᆞᆮ (èpímòt) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Lushootseed: siʔab — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Macedonian: благо́родник (blagórodnik) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Macedonian: дво́рјанин (dvórjanin) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Māori: rangatira — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: adelsmann — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: adelsmann — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Pannonian Rusyn: дворян (dvorjan) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Pannonian Rusyn: немеш (nemeš) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Pannonian Rusyn: велможа (velmoža) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Pannonian Rusyn: шляхтич (šljaxtič) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Plautdietsch: Odelmaun — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Polish: szlachcic — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Portuguese: nobre — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Romanian: nobil — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Russian: дворяни́н (dvorjanín) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Russian: вельмо́жа (velʹmóža) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Russian: шля́хтич (šljáxtič) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Serbo-Croatian: плѐмӣћ — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Serbo-Croatian: plȅmić — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Slovak: šľachtic — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Slovene: plemič — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Spanish: noble — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Swedish: adelsman — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Ukrainian: дворяни́н (dvorjanýn) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Ukrainian: шля́хтич (šljáxtyč) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
  • Yiddish: אַדלמאַן (adlman) — man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat
Real reading context

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