Meaning and Origin
What does the name Noble mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
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User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from Nigeria, the name Noble means "An honorable person a person of high rank".
- According to a user from Nigeria, the name Noble means "Nobel".
- Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart. "Statues, with winding ivy crowned, belong To nobler poets for a nobler song." [Dryden.]
- Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice.
- Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn; as, noble blood; a noble personage. synonyms: Honorable; worthy; dignified; elevated; exalted; superior; sublime; great; eminent; illustrious; renowned; stately; splendid; magnificent; grand; magnanimous; generous; liberal; free.
Note: ☞ Noble is used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, noble-born, noble-hearted, noble-minded.
Etymology: F. noble, fr. L. nobilis that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn, noble, fr. noscere to know. See know
- A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.
- An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61 (in 1913).
- [Zoöl] A European fish; the lyrie.
- A titled peer of the realm
- Impressive in appearance ("a noble tree" and "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses")
- Having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character ("a noble spirit" and "noble deeds")
- Of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times ("of noble birth")
- Inert especially toward oxygen ("a noble gas such as helium or neon" and "noble metals include gold and silver and platinum")
From Middle English noble, from Old French noble, from Latin nobilis (“knowable, known, well-known, famous, celebrated, high-born, of noble birth, excellent”), from noscere, gnoscere (“to know”). Displaced native Middle English athel (“noble”) (from Old English æþele) and Middle English hathel, hathelle (“noble, nobleman”) (from the merger of Old English æþele (“nobleman”) and Old English hæleþ (“hero”)).
- An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. [from 14th c.]
- This country house was occupied by in the 16th century.
- (now historical) A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d. [from 14th c.]
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