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
Nearly 700 years later, new details have come to light about the events leading up to the brutal crime and the noblewoman who was likely behind it.
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
The noblewoman was Ela Fitzpayne, wife of a knight named Sir Robert Fitzpayne, lord of Stogursey.
—ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
The Terror of Childbirth (Nursing Clio) by Natalie Donnell
In seventeenth-century Europe, childbirth was a hazardous event, even for noblewoman.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 3 June 2025
Remains of an ancient noblewoman have been discovered at a site unfit for a queen — a former garbage dump in Caral, Peru.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
The noblewoman was Ela Fitzpayne, wife of a knight named Sir Robert Fitzpayne, lord of Stogursey.
—ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
The Terror of Childbirth (Nursing Clio) by Natalie Donnell
In seventeenth-century Europe, childbirth was a hazardous event, even for noblewoman.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 3 June 2025
Remains of an ancient noblewoman have been discovered at a site unfit for a queen — a former garbage dump in Caral, Peru.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noblewoman
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Wicks’ modest-but-devoted flock includes devout church lady Martha Delacroix (Close), circumspect groundskeeper Samson Holt (Church), tightly-wound lawyer Vera Draven, Esq.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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Someone else Johansson would love to see on SNL this season is her Eleanor the Great leading lady.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 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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Trending Video For consistency, all of the prices reflect queen sizes.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
10 Sep. 2025
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The show created by and starring Florence Longpré, a queen of Canadian dramedy, is playing on Bell’s streamer Crave in Canada, and Canal+ in France.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
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In its place, consider more stately materials like tulle or duchess satin and crepe de chine.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
23 Aug. 2025
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Markle launched a brand called American Riviera Orchard via Instagram on March 14, 2024 with a short video that showed the duchess arranging flowers, baking and standing in a stone walkway wearing a floor-length gown.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 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 11 Sep. 2025.
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