as in gentleman
a man of high birth or social position
his impeccable manners immediately marked him as a nobleman
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of nobleman
For most of its 700-year history, its membership was composed of noblemen — almost never women — who inherited their seats, alongside a smattering of bishops.
—
Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Her mother was a maid and her father was a nobleman, meaning that Sophie is not only a maid but illegitimate.
—Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Her lecture on Orlando, Virginia Woolf’s fantastical 1928 novel about an English nobleman who turns into a woman halfway through his centuries-long life, is a showstopper.
—Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
Giuffre, who committed suicide in 2025, claimed that Epstein had trafficked her to some of his friends, including the nobleman formerly known as Prince Andrew and the defense attorney Alan Dershowitz.
—Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for nobleman
Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Her mother was a maid and her father was a nobleman, meaning that Sophie is not only a maid but illegitimate.
—Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Her lecture on Orlando, Virginia Woolf’s fantastical 1928 novel about an English nobleman who turns into a woman halfway through his centuries-long life, is a showstopper.
—Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
Giuffre, who committed suicide in 2025, claimed that Epstein had trafficked her to some of his friends, including the nobleman formerly known as Prince Andrew and the defense attorney Alan Dershowitz.
—Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for nobleman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nobleman
gentleman
Noun
-
Head coach Jamahl Mosley has made some notable stylistic changes since Orlando’s five-game loss to Boston last spring, but his team still plays with the same physicality that battered the Celtics during that gentlemen’s sweep.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
-
His father was the fourth generation in a long line of gentlemen ranchers—weekend cowboys who’d made their fortune in Austin as attorneys for large oil companies, but whose identity was still tied to the thousands of acres that the family owned near Marfa.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Nobleman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nobleman. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
