Meaning of noble in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood.

  Example: This country house was occupied by nobles in the 16th century.

• A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d.

adjective

• Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.

  Example: He is a noble man who would never put his family in jeopardy.

• Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid.

  Example: a noble edifice

• Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.

  Example: noble blood; a noble personage

• (of a polyhedron) Both isohedral and isogonal.