worthy of note or notice; noteworthy: a notable success; a notable theory.
2.
prominent, important, or distinguished: many notable artists.
3.
Archaic. capable, thrifty, and industrious.
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4.
a prominent, distinguished, or important person.
5.
(usually initial capital letter) French History.
a.
one of a number of prominent men, usually of the aristocracy, called by the king on extraordinary occasions.
b.
Notables, Also called Assembly of the Notables.an assembly of high-ranking nobles, ecclesiastics, and state functionaries having deliberative but not legislative or administrative powers, convoked by the king principally in 1554, 1786, and 1788, in the lattermost year to establish the manner for selecting the States-General.
6.
Obsolete. a notable fact or thing.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME notab(i)le < L notābilis.See note, -able]
c.1340, from O.Fr. notable (13c.), from L. notabilis "noteworthy, extraordinary," from notare "to note," from nota (see note). The noun meaning "a person of distinction" is first recorded 1815.
worthy of notice; "a noteworthy advance in cancer research" [syn: noteworthy]
2.
widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" [syn: celebrated]
noun
1.
a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries" [syn: luminary]
Not"a*ble\, a. [F. notable, L. notabilis, fr. notare to mark, nota mark, note. See 5th Note.]1. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident. 2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person. Note: Notable in the sense of careful, thrifty, characterized by thrift and capacity (as, a notable housekeeper) is pronounced by many good ortho["e]pists, n[o^]t"[.a]*b'l, the derivatives notableness, and notably, being also similarly pronounced with short o in the first syllable. 3. Well-known; notorious. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Not"a*ble\, n. 1. A person, or thing, of distinction. 2. (French Hist.) One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.
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