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.
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.
A European fish; the lyrie.
To make noble; to ennoble. [Obs.] Thou nobledest so far forth our nature. Chaucer.
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