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decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.

The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person; as, Leicester Inn. [Eng.]

name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right.

A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.

The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery.

A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank. [Eng.]

A grandee or nobleman of Venice; -- so called in courtesy. Shak.

A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam.

The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family. My manors, rents, revenues, l forego. Shak.

A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent.

Lit., my lord; hence (as used on the Continent), an English nobleman or gentleman.

A person in a superior position in life; a nobleman. [Slang]

A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.

A nobleman or aristocrat; a chief man in a state or city. [R.] Chapman.

A person of high birth; a nobleman.

A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm. A noble peer of mickle trust and power. Milton. House of Peers, The Peers, the British House of Lords. See Parliament. -- Spiritual peers, the bishops and archibishops, or lor…

benumbed and stark. Spenser. His heart gan wax as stark as marble stone. Spenser. Many a nobleman lies stark and stiff Under the hoofs of vaunting enemies. Shak. The north is not so stark and cold. B. Jonson.

A nobleman who possessed a starosty. [Poland]

A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life. [Poland] Brande & C.

A nobleman, or person of quality, especially in the English universities; -- so called from the tuft, or gold tassel, on the cap worn by them. [Cant, Eng.] Several young tufts, and others of the faster men. T. Hughes.