Noblesse

Word NOBLESSE
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Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /nə(ʊ)ˈblɛs/

Definitions and meanings of "Noblesse"

What do we mean by noblesse?

Noble birth or condition. noun

The members of the nobility, especially the French nobility. noun

Noble birth or condition; nobility; greatness; nobleness. noun

The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively; specifically, same as nobility, 3 . noun

The quality of being noble; nobleness. noun

The nobility; peerage. noun

The state of being of noble birth noun

Members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility) noun

The quality of being noble; nobleness.

The nobility; peerage.

Literally means, "nobility obliges". It's generally used to imply that with wealth, power, and prestige come social responsibility. It's mostly used to refer to the wealthy who are condescending and shower their money and privileges upon those who don't necessarily want it. Urban Dictionary

A gentleman without a gentleman's appendage. Urban Dictionary

A Noble person blessed by god. Comes from the French word meaning "noble" and refers to someone that acts like a noble person in everything him/her do. Urban Dictionary

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The word "noblesse" in example sentences

Miüsov, my relation, prefers to have _plus de noblesse que de sincérité_ in his words, but I prefer in mine _plus de sincérité que de noblesse_, and — damn the _noblesse_! ❋ Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1851)

The drawing-room, which was called the salle de compagnie, was used only on ceremonious occasions, Easter, the bishop's visit, or when the noblesse from the surrounding country called, and the proudest among them were proud to do so. ❋ Unknown (1919)

There is an antiquated concept called noblesse oblige. ❋ Steve Malkenson (2011)

When I first joined I learned from a senior the [French] phrase noblesse oblige, which I understood to mean not shirking the responsibilities of your position. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I saw a few people belonging to the Court, many others whose features were unknown to me, and a few who figured technically without right among what was called the noblesse, but whose self-devotion ennobled them at once. ❋ Various (N/A)

My father was of a wealthy bourgeois family of Landerneau, and it must have been his happy character and love of sport rather than his wealth – he was master of hounds and always kept the pack – that made him popular in Quimper, for the gulf between the bourgeoisie and the noblesse was almost impassable. ❋ Unknown (1919)

He takes us to a tea party attended by "the higher classes or noblesse, that is to say such as kept their own cows and drove their own wagons," where we can see the damsels knitting their own woolen stockings and the vrouws serving big apple pies, bushels of doughnuts, and pouring tea out of a fat Delft teapot. ❋ Reuben Post Halleck (1897)

The classes in which the national spirit of Poland lived were the so-called noblesse, numbering hundreds of thousands, the town populations, and the priesthood. ❋ Charles Alan Fyffe (1868)

The French have witnessed a debate characterized by a noblesse often lacking on the left. ❋ Matt Browne (2011)

I know nothing of my ch ` ere patrie, but what I learn from the London Chronicle; and that tells me, that the trading towns are suing out lettres de noblesse, that is, entreating the King to put an end to commerce, that they may all be gentlemen. ❋ Horace Walpole (1757)

Ruby Dhalla is the perfect example of a Liberal politician; one whose gender, ethnicity, media sense are used as both the attributes to get the job and at the same time the shield to deflect questions of arrogance, entitlement, corruption, and not obeying the laws of the little people around them that they have to tolerate as some kind of noblesse oblige. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mind you, this isn't some kind of noblesse oblige, and I don't think I'm doing anything exceptional here--that's how I think everyone should treat each other. ❋ Emma Goldman (2005)

EU English doesn't require any work at all from native speakers (except for a kind of noblesse oblige toward non-native usage)and not much at all of residents of wealthy countries that speak very closely related languages (Netherlands, Scandinavia). ❋ Unknown (2004)

a few who figured technically without right among what was called the noblesse, but whose self-devotion ennobled them at once. ❋ Unknown (1787)

The explanation given to him was, that they were the "noblesse" of the land. ❋ Various (N/A)

It now devolved upon the deputies to prepare a statement of their grievances, and for this purpose the "noblesse" retired to the ❋ Henry Martyn Baird (N/A)

He likened the king to the sun and the "noblesse" to the moon. ❋ Henry Martyn Baird (N/A)

Our [landlord] gave us a [basket of fruit] for [Christmas], as his noblesse oblige. ❋ Devryck Weaver (2007)

[Brian] is a [nobless] [cunt] ❋ Massivejockstrap (2021)

"This person is so [noble] he/she is [blessed]" "What a [noblesse]" ❋ HANADANO (2017)

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