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noble savages

noble savages is the plural of noble savage.

Meaning of noble savage

Noun

noble savage (plural noble savages)

  1. A stock character embodying the concept of an idealized indigene or outsider who has not been corrupted by civilization and therefore symbolizes humanity's innate goodness.
    • It seemed hardly possible that by such comparatively small mouthfuls he could keep up the vitality diffused through so broad, baronial, and superb a person. But, doubtless, this noble savage fed strong and drank deep of the abounding element of air; and through his dilated nostrils snuffed in the...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 34, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 167

Questions about noble savages

What is noble savages the plural of?
Noble savages is the plural of noble savage.

Words near noble savages in the dictionary

  1. Noble Prize
  2. Noble Prizes
  3. noble rot
  4. Noble Sanctuary
  5. noble savage
  6. noble savages
  7. noble-born
  8. noble-mindedness
  9. nobleborn
  10. Nobleboro
  11. noblebright

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