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nobility

[noh-bil-i-tee] / noʊˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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He lives by a warrior code that defines nobility by bravery and sacrifice in action.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

I mean the bit about relying on the collective nobility of our compatriots.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

But as time has passed, his appearances has been marked by artists and actors wrestling with his godlike nobility and wanting to question his straight-laced nature.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 7, 2026

Beatrice's husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi is a property developer, descended from Italian nobility, while Eugenie's, Jack Brooksbank, has worked in hospitality and marketing.

From BBC Feb. 6, 2026

He treats all the important people in East Africa: the corrupt politicians, the actors and actresses who get sick on safari, the decayed English-African nobility.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

It captures all the nobilities of the sport, in all its splendor, in two minutes flat.

From Time Apr. 6, 2015

As a result, moviegoers get a full treatment of the giant-sized nobilities and epic despairs that swirl up from Victorian drama, reflected in the iridescent mirror of fin de siecle Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

Britain and France had hereditary nobilities; Britain still has a queen.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

Thus the hereditary nobilities of Europe have been able to maintain themselves; and a similar process is undoubtedly taking place among the idle rich who occupy an analogous position in the United States.

From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe

Feudalism formed the starting-point also of the later social nobilities of Europe.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various




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