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a man or woman of high birth or social position
an elite school for children of nobles
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Recent Examples of nobles
The Rats live fast and without fear, stealing from tax collectors and nobles.
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Jp Mangalindan, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
Caesar is a conspiracy of nobles; the removal of hundreds of (alleged) Venezuelan gang members is the action of ICE.
—JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
Across much of Europe until the 20th century, these cabin-like compartments would carry voyaging nobles over oceans and mountains in ‘bed carriages’ aboard ships and trains.
—Chloe Frost-Smith, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Casting black actors as Anglo-Saxon nobles is only the most in-your-face example of this problem.
—Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
When a noble line holds land for generations those nobles sometimes form a bond with the realm that holds magical power.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The mysterious spirit animal messengers that Ji-noo sends, a tiger and a magpie who represent the nobles and commoners of many Korean folk tales, needed to be otherworldly without being fully demonic.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Teenage girls, chosen by local nobles, were sent away to live in seclusion at the aqllawasai to weave cloth, brew chicha, and prepare food for ritual feasts.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
The art world is a fickle court comprising real and imagined nobles competing for enormous resources, and its hierarchies are ruthlessly scrutinized and defended.
—David Velasco, Harpers Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
Jp Mangalindan, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
Caesar is a conspiracy of nobles; the removal of hundreds of (alleged) Venezuelan gang members is the action of ICE.
—JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
Across much of Europe until the 20th century, these cabin-like compartments would carry voyaging nobles over oceans and mountains in ‘bed carriages’ aboard ships and trains.
—Chloe Frost-Smith, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Casting black actors as Anglo-Saxon nobles is only the most in-your-face example of this problem.
—Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
When a noble line holds land for generations those nobles sometimes form a bond with the realm that holds magical power.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The mysterious spirit animal messengers that Ji-noo sends, a tiger and a magpie who represent the nobles and commoners of many Korean folk tales, needed to be otherworldly without being fully demonic.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Teenage girls, chosen by local nobles, were sent away to live in seclusion at the aqllawasai to weave cloth, brew chicha, and prepare food for ritual feasts.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
The art world is a fickle court comprising real and imagined nobles competing for enormous resources, and its hierarchies are ruthlessly scrutinized and defended.
—David Velasco, Harpers Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nobles
aristocrats
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From hot scientists to charming aristocrats to dancing princes, here are Bailey’s sexiest onscreen roles thus far.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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Set in the English countryside, the film uses the classic plot of a lower class criminal working his way up through the hierarchy in order to extract laughs from an ensemble of eccentric aristocrats.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Nobles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nobles. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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