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 Allegra Goodman’s novel follows the story of real-life French noblewoman Marguerite de la Rocque de Roberval in 1542.
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Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Feb. 2025
Three bodies were found on the property, including a possible slave and a noblewoman clutching jewelry and gold coins.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 18 Jan. 2025
Here, the grand portals to the spa are flanked by two fine classical marble statues, one of an unnamed noblewoman and the other of Julius Caesar.
—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
Poured into the photorealistic portrait of noblewoman Lisa del Giocondo are every one of his skills as a painter, inventor, botanist and unmatched expert on water dynamics, gravity, anatomy and philosophy.
—Hunter Ingram For Variety, ARTnews.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Feb. 2025
Three bodies were found on the property, including a possible slave and a noblewoman clutching jewelry and gold coins.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 18 Jan. 2025
Here, the grand portals to the spa are flanked by two fine classical marble statues, one of an unnamed noblewoman and the other of Julius Caesar.
—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
Poured into the photorealistic portrait of noblewoman Lisa del Giocondo are every one of his skills as a painter, inventor, botanist and unmatched expert on water dynamics, gravity, anatomy and philosophy.
—Hunter Ingram For Variety, ARTnews.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noblewoman
Noun
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The latest production of the musical Evita - about Eva Perón, Argentina's first lady in the 1940s and early 1950s - is playing at London's Palladium theater through early September.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
26 June 2025
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After the ladies were seen arguing about Lisa and Jody’s friendship with Larsa’s ex-boyfriend, Marcus Jordan, the pair began to make amends during a trip to Milan Fashion Week.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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The 60-year-old countess has broken her silence after she was seen sporting a massive diamond on her left ring finger while riding a scooter Monday in Sag Harbor, hours after she was snapped getting cozy with an unidentified man, Us Weekly reports.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2025
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Prince Andrew had gone to live on the French Rivera with a countess.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.—
Cole Kazdin,
Los Angeles Magazine,
14 July 2017
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The new episodes pick up after a time jump following the events of season 1, which saw Nan becoming a duchess (and the most influential woman in England) while Jinny made headlines for the kidnapping of her unborn child.—
Stacy Lambe,
People.com,
18 June 2025
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Producer Jane Marie had a different experience collaborating with the duchess.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 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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But Mary declined, preferring an informal gentlewoman’s agreement instead.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Noblewoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noblewoman. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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