noblewoman

Example Sentences

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The former slave girl became a noblewoman in New Spain, but she didn’t have much time to enjoy her exalted status.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

A monk named Paschalis devotes his life to a biography of the noncanonical saint Wilgefortis, a venerated Christian noblewoman who grew a beard to vouchsafe her chastity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Fans assumed that The Fate of Ophelia would tether Swift Shakespeare's story of a noblewoman who drowns in a fit of mania after being driven mad by grief.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

Such a malaise is natural for anyone, but Sawai may have been still letting go of Mariko, her doomed noblewoman and the heart and soul of FX’s “Shōgun.”

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2024

An elf speaking out against a noblewoman in her own home.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin