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Plural of noble

regular plural

The plural of noble is nobles.

Forms of noble

Singularnoble /ˈnəʊbəl/
Pluralnobles /ˈnoʊbl̩z/
Countablecountable

Nobles in a sentence

  • This country house was occupied by nobles in the 16th century.
  • I refused to make so much as a curtsey for the passing nobles, as I am a staunch egalitarian.From the entry curtsey
  • Listen closely, we, the Gardanes, heard tell of the glory of the nation-kings, how those nobles performed deeds of valor!From the entry hear tell
  • Disillusioned soldiers trudged into Rome, skeeving out the more refined nobles and priests with their presence.2012, Sara D'Emic, William James Vinson, Vinson's Christmas and Other Oddities, →ISBN. From the entry skeeve out
  • In England sterlings and nobles were struck, both of them often counterfeited.1911, August Octav Ritter von Loehr, “Numismatics”, in Charles G[eorge] Herbermann [et al.], editors, The Catholic Encyclopedia […]…. From the entry sterling

Meaning of noble

  1. noun An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood.
  2. noun A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d.
  3. adjective Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.

Full definition of noble

Questions about the plural of noble

What is the plural of noble?
The plural of noble is nobles.
Is noble countable?
Noble is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: noble (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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