as in lady
a woman of high birth or social position
traditionally, noblewomen—whether they are titled or not—have served as great patronesses of the arts
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Recent Examples of noblewoman
Isola by Allegra Goodman A teenage noblewoman must summon unimaginable strength and courage when she and her lover are left for dead on a desolate island off the coast of Canada.
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Mia Barzilay Freund, Vogue, 7 July 2025
But Yale Center for British Art made a bold choice with their reopening, to dedicate a full wall to the hyperrealistic portrait of Irish noblewoman Lady Mary Boyle with a child at her breast.
—Alexandra Bregman, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Folding fans, however, are believed to have originated in Japan but were later absorbed by Europe’s high society: seen in portraits of Catherine de’ Medici and other noblewomen across the continent.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 30 June 2025
The intelligent noblewoman, played by Michelle Dockery, appears to have everything under control in the new trailer for the third and final Downton Abbey film.
—Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 30 June 2025
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Mia Barzilay Freund, Vogue, 7 July 2025
But Yale Center for British Art made a bold choice with their reopening, to dedicate a full wall to the hyperrealistic portrait of Irish noblewoman Lady Mary Boyle with a child at her breast.
—Alexandra Bregman, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Folding fans, however, are believed to have originated in Japan but were later absorbed by Europe’s high society: seen in portraits of Catherine de’ Medici and other noblewomen across the continent.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 30 June 2025
The intelligent noblewoman, played by Michelle Dockery, appears to have everything under control in the new trailer for the third and final Downton Abbey film.
—Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noblewoman
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Just as a conjurer saws a lady in half, the movie keeps dividing its characters and relationships.—
Kirk Honeycutt,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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All of these ladies come and go, and Sister Nancy is still here.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
20 Oct. 2025
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Neither Oh’s dizzy countess nor Nyong’o’s charming, feckless Viola ever takes the reins of this production, but that would be hard to do.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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In a similar vein (pun intended), the 16th-century Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory was rumored to have bathed in the blood of young girls to preserve her youth.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Aug. 2025
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And YouTube, marketing itself as the global hub of fandom cultivation, became queen bee.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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Peru’s cumbia family dynasty Grupo 5, Puerto Rico’s versatile Guaynaa, Argentina’s cuartetazo force Luck Ra, Puerto Rican merengue queen Olga Tañón and Cuba’s rising reparto sensation Bebeshito will discuss how their respective genres have the power to cross borders.—
Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
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This email was sent in the context of advice the duchess was given to try to assuage Epstein and his threats.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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The duchess then smiled warmly at Harry before weaving her own arm underneath his, moving his hand up her back.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Social status and fashion conspired to make gentlewomen’s footwear of every sort flimsy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Aug. 2025
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The novelists’ parents were Patrick and Maria Brontë, an Irish clergyman and a Cornish gentlewoman who married in 1812.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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“Noblewoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noblewoman. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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