nobleman

nobleman

English

Etymology

noble +‎ man

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊbl̩mən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊbl̩mən/

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• Hyphenation: no‧ble‧man

Noun

nobleman (plural noblemen)

1. A peer; an aristocrat; ranks range from baron to king to emperor.
   • 2019, Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Hamish Hamilton, page 377:

     The King [...] sit at the head of the royal table with his elder warriors and advisers, noblemen and noblewomen.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:nobleman

Translations

man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat

Arabic: نَبِيل‎ (ar) m (nabīl) Egyptian Arabic: نبيل‎ m (nabīl) Armenian: ազնվական (hy) (aznvakan) Belarusian: дваранíн m (dvaranín), шля́хцiц m (šljáxcic) (especially Polish) Bulgarian: благоро́дник (bg) m (blagoródnik) Chinese: Mandarin: 貴族／贵族 (zh) (guìzú), 君子 (zh) (jūnzǐ) Czech: šlechtic (cs) m Danish: adelsmand c Dutch: adellijke (nl) m, edelman (nl) m Erzya: мастачей (mastačej) Estonian: aadlimees (et), aadlik (et) Finnish: aatelismies (fi) French: noble (fr) m or f German: Edelmann (de) m, Adeliger (de) m, Adliger (de) m, Aristokrat (de) m Hebrew: אָצִיל‎ (he) m (atzíl) Hindi: रईस (hi) m (raīs) Hungarian: nemes (hu) Icelandic: aðalsmaður (is) m Italian: nobiluomo (it) m, nobile (it) m or f Japanese: 貴族 (ja) (きぞく, kizoku), 華族 (ja) (かぞく, kazoku) Korean: 귀족(貴族) (ko) (gwijok) Lushootseed: siʔab Macedonian: благо́родник m (blagórodnik), дво́рјанин m (dvórjanin) Maori: rangatira (mi) Middle Korean: 어비〮ᄆᆞᆮ (èpímòt) Norwegian: Bokmål: adelsmann (no) m Nynorsk: adelsmann m Plautdietsch: Odelmaun m Polish: szlachcic (pl) m Portuguese: nobre (pt) m or f Romanian: nobil (ro) m Russian: дворяни́н (ru) m (dvorjanín), вельмо́жа (ru) m (velʹmóža) (grandee), шля́хтич (ru) m (šljáxtič) (Polish) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: плѐмӣћ m Roman: plȅmić m Slovak: šľachtic (sk) m Slovene: plemič m Spanish: noble (es) m Swedish: adelsman (sv) c Ukrainian: дворяни́н (uk) m (dvorjanýn), шля́хтич m (šljáxtyč) (especially Polish) Yiddish: אַדלמאַן‎ m (adlman)

See also

• noblewoman