noble

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This noble was as unstable in character, as vain, as unscrupulous, and as ambitious as his father and uncle.

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  1. adjective Possessing hereditary rank in a political system or social class derived from a feudalistic stage of a country's development.
  2. adjective Having or showing qualities of high moral character, such as courage, generosity, or honor: a noble spirit.
  3. adjective Proceeding from or indicative of such a character; showing magnanimity: "What poor an instrument/May do a noble deed!” (Shakespeare).

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noble:   nobler ·  noblest ·  nobles
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin nōbilis; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English noble, from Old French noble, also nobile, French noble = Provencal Spanish noble = Portuguese nobre = Italian nobile, from Latin nobilis (Old Latin gnobilis), knowable, known, well-known, famous. celebrated, high-born, of noble birth, excellent, from noscere, gnoscere, know (= Greek γιγνώσκειν), know: see know.
  2. from Middle English noblen; from noble, adjective Cf. ennoble.
 

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/ˈnoʊbl/
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