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no·blesse
(nō-blěs')
n.
Noble birth or condition.
The members of the nobility, especially the French nobility.
[Middle English, from Old French, from
noble
,
noble
, from Latin
nōbilis
; see
noble
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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c.1225, "noble birth or condition," from O.Fr.
noblece
(Fr.
noblesse
), from V.L.
*nobilitia,
from L.
nobilis
(see
noble
). Fr. phrase
noblesse oblige
"privilege entails responsibility" is first attested in Eng. 1837.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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