as in gentlemen
a man of high birth or social position
his impeccable manners immediately marked him as a nobleman
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Recent Examples of noblemen
For most of its 700-year history, the House of Lords was composed of noblemen — not women — who inherited their seats, alongside a smattering of bishops.
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ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Archaeology News reported that noblemen might have performed administrative tasks.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 29 Nov. 2025
As kobolds go, Heinzelmann was more harmless than most, going about his business protecting the castle from giants and dwarves and keeping the staff updated on faerie gossip, as well as protecting the chambermaids from unwelcome attentions from visiting noblemen.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Hermès traces its history to 1837 as a harness workshop for European noblemen, and today, the company still has a healthy equestrian business.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Archaeology News reported that noblemen might have performed administrative tasks.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 29 Nov. 2025
As kobolds go, Heinzelmann was more harmless than most, going about his business protecting the castle from giants and dwarves and keeping the staff updated on faerie gossip, as well as protecting the chambermaids from unwelcome attentions from visiting noblemen.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Hermès traces its history to 1837 as a harness workshop for European noblemen, and today, the company still has a healthy equestrian business.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noblemen
Noun
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Mulvaney’s penchant for girlish giggles and squeals between bites of her spaghetti pomodoro stand out in Arno, especially when juxtaposed against the sea of older gentlemen in an assortment of ill-fitting grey blazers sitting behind her at the bar.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
18 Feb. 2026
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Distinguished gentlemen boasting dashing Hessian boots and tall beaver hats.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Suffice it to say, with credentials such as this, a charivari of fashion-week regulars, media, film and musical grandees and not a few New York and London tatterdemalions showed for the September 12 bacchanal on Church Street.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Instead, the concept has been perverted to mean higher-ed grandees' exclusive right to determine who participates in scholarly life.—
Ilya Shapiro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Britain’s King George V changed the family name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor in 1917, and initiated legislation to strike out the titles of princes and lords who had backed the Germans.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Like a medieval castle, where lords slept, blacksmiths pounded, soldiers trained, mummers mummed, and farmers sold their produce, the 21st century armory will be a mixed-use project in the truest sense.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Noblemen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noblemen. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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