Definitions
impressive in size, manner, or appearance
Word origin
From Middle English noble, from Old French noble, borrowed from Latin nōbilis (“knowable, known, well-known, famous, celebrated, high-born, of noble birth, excellent”), from nōscere, gnōscere (“to know”).
Used in a sentence
“This country house was occupied by nobles in the 16th century.”
“I lyked no thynge his playe, / For yf I had not quyckely fledde the touche, / He had plucte oute the nobles of my pouche.”
“And who shall then stick closest to ye, and excite others? not he who takes up armes for cote and conduct, and his four nobles of Danegelt.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“High-ranking or honorable”5 letters
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