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noblesses

noblesses is the plural of noblesse.

Meaning of noblesse

Noun (1)

noblesse (usually uncountable, plural noblesses)

  1. (usually) The quality of being noble; nobleness.
    • But thou, whose noblesse keeps one stature still1612, Ben Jonson, Epigrams

Noun (2)

noblesse pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The nobility; peerage.
    • Faire braunch of noblesse, flowre of cheualrie, / That with your worth the world amazed make, / How shall I quite the paines, ye suffer for my sake?1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about noblesses

What is noblesses the plural of?
Noblesses is the plural of noblesse.

Words near noblesses in the dictionary

  1. Nobles County
  2. nobleship
  3. nobless
  4. noblesse
  5. noblesse oblige
  6. noblesses
  7. noblest
  8. Noblesville
  9. NOBLETIGER
  10. NOBLETIGERs
  11. Nobleton

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