Nobility
11Nobility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Nobility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 nobility nobility rank condition distinction optimacy blood pur sang birth high descent order Sgm: N 1 quality quality gentility …
12Nobility — The nobility played a much less important role in Dutch politics than elsewhere in Europe during the Early Modern period. For example, the nobility (Ridderschap) had only one vote in the provincial assembly of the States of Holland. In the… …
13nobility — [[t]noʊbɪ̱lɪti[/t]] 1) N SING COLL: the N The nobility of a society are all the people who have titles and belong to a high social class. They married into the nobility and entered the highest ranks of state administration... Despite its lack of… …
14Nobility — No|bị|li|ty 〈f. 10〉 I 〈unz.〉 Adel II 〈zählb.〉 Person des öffentlichen Lebens, Berühmtheit [engl.] * * * No|bi|li|ty [noʊ bɪlɪti ], die; [engl. nobility < lat. nobilitas] (bildungsspr.): Hochadel Großbritanniens. * * * Nobility [nəʊ bɪləti]… …
15nobility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) High rank Nouns 1. nobility, aristocracy, quality, gentility, rank, condition, title, distinction, [blue] blood, [high] birth, high degree; pedigree, lineage. See posterity, ancestry, superiority, pride …
16nobility — no|bil|i|ty [nəuˈbılıti, nə US nou , nə ] n 1.) the nobility the group of people in some countries who belong to the highest social class and have titles such as Duke or Countess = ↑the aristocracy 2.) [U] the quality of being noble ▪ the… …
17nobility — no|bil|i|ty [ nou bıləti ] noun uncount 1. ) an honest and brave way of behaving that people admire 2. ) FORMAL the impressive size and appearance of something 3. ) the nobility people in the highest social class who usually have titles, for… …
18nobility — noun 1 the nobility the group of people in some countries who belong to the highest social class and have titles such as Duke or Countess; the aristocracy 2 (U) the quality of being noble in character or appearance: For him, true nobility is… …
19nobility — noun 1) a member of the nobility Syn: aristocracy, aristocrats, peerage, peers (of the realm), lords, nobles, noblemen, noblewomen, patricians; informal aristos 2) the nobility of his deed Syn: virtue, goodne …
20nobility — UK [nəʊˈbɪlətɪ] / US [noʊˈbɪlətɪ] noun [uncountable] 1) an honest and brave way of behaving that people admire 2) the nobility people in the highest social class who usually have titles, for example dukes, duchesses, or earls These ideas… …