Thesaurus results for NOBLEWOMAN

noblewoman

noun

ˈnō-bəl-ˌwu̇-mən

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 Sixteenth-century French noblewoman Marguerite got stuck with a lousy guardian. —

Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025 There’s the Rotonde suite, in the medieval tower, which looks up at 14th-century rafters, as well as the Matilde suite, named after a Portuguese noblewoman whose life was saved by the knight Jean de Pommard. —

Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025 Murphy also revealed there would be a focus on the Hungarian noblewoman Elizabeth Báthory, who, along with her servants, was accused of torturing and killing hundreds of young women in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. —

Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025 In the drama, Ophelia is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, who falls in love with Prince Hamlet. —

Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for noblewoman

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It had supposedly been made in the nineteen-forties, for an Italian countess or an English lady, then scrapped, and afterward either smuggled out of the workroom by a starry-eyed seamstress or, with the atelier head’s approval, given to one of the in-house models.

— Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
That is a likely fib, as the long-suffering lady behind the wheel is all too aware.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026