Word Meanings - NOBLEMAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.

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• COMMONER
  1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. All below them even their children, were commoners, and in the eye law equal to each other. Hallam. 2. A member of the House of Commons. 3. One who has a joint right in common ground.
• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• NOBLEWOMAN
  A female of noble rank; a peeress.
• NOBILITY
  1. The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence. Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her courage prevailed over it. Sir P. Sidney. They thought it great their sovereign to
• NOBLE
  nobilis that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn, noble, 1. Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart. Statues,
• PATENT
  Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous. He had received instructions, both patent and secret. Motley. 2. Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent.
• PATENTEE
  One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent. Bacon.
• BIRTHMARK
  Some peculiar mark or blemish on the body at birth. Most part of this noble lineage carried upon their body for a natural birthmark, . . . a snake. Sir T. North.
• ABOVEBOARD
  Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke. Note: This expression is said by Johnson to have been borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put their hands
• OFFICE WIRE
  Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
• ABOVESAID
  Mentioned or recited before.
• NOBLENESS
  The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness. His purposes are full honesty, nobleness, and integrity. Jer. Taylor.
• PATENTLY
  Openly; evidently.
• BIRTHING
  Anything added to raise the sides of a ship. Bailey.
• BIRTHRIGHT
  Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born. Lest there be any
• ABOVE-MENTIONED; ABOVE-NAMED
  Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.
• VIRTUELESS
  Destitute of virtue; without efficacy or operating qualities; powerless. Virtueless she wished all herbs and charms. Fairfax.
• BIRTHWORT
  A genus of herbs and shrubs , reputed to have medicinal properties.
• PATENT-HAMMERED
  Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.
• OFFICER
  1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. Marshall. 2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• FELLOW-COMMONER
  A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table.
• STILLBIRTH
  The birth of a dead fetus.
• CHILDBIRTH
  The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. Jer. Taylor.
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• IGNOBLENESS
  State or quality of being ignoble.
• UNNOBLE
  Ignoble. Shak.
• ENNOBLE
  Etym: 1. To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify. "Ennobling all that he touches." Trench. What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards. Pope. 2. To raise to the rank
• GEORGE NOBLE
  A gold noble of the time of Henry VIII. See Noble, n.
• ENNOBLER
  One who ennobles.