as in gentleman
a man of high birth or social position
his impeccable manners immediately marked him as a nobleman
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Among those staff was nonagenarian nobleman Rudolf Graf von Schönburg, or Count Rudi as he is universally known, who joined the hotel as manager in 1957 and never left.
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Nick Foulkes, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
Bells rang as priests, monks, noblemen, and government officials walked beside it.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
In Prussia, a group of deeply conservative, evangelical Christian noblemen formed the Camarilla, a secret cabinet, to make sure that the king resisted the liberals.
—Jonathan Steinberg, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2011
Ranulf: Several important noblemen in the Middle Ages bore this name, which was introduced to England and Scotland by Norman invaders.
—Anna Moeslein, Parents, 26 Oct. 2024
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Nick Foulkes, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
Bells rang as priests, monks, noblemen, and government officials walked beside it.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
In Prussia, a group of deeply conservative, evangelical Christian noblemen formed the Camarilla, a secret cabinet, to make sure that the king resisted the liberals.
—Jonathan Steinberg, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2011
Ranulf: Several important noblemen in the Middle Ages bore this name, which was introduced to England and Scotland by Norman invaders.
—Anna Moeslein, Parents, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Nobleman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nobleman. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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