the nobility
noun
: the group of people who are members of the highest social class in some countries
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And last year, archaeologists discovered another Viking site in Lisbjerg, just 4 kilometers (2½ miles) away, that was likely home to members of the nobility.
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James Brooks,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Matthew Arnold, in the 19th century, famously said the qualities of Homer are the plainness, the rapidity, and the nobility.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
After the publication of his biography in 1734, which Bluett addressed to the nobility of England, Diallo gained his freedom and eventually lived out the rest of his life in Senegal.
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Leila Tarakji,
The Conversation,
17 June 2026
His victim, in her unassailable purity, resists him, thereby proving that the arrivistes populating the ranks of England’s most upwardly mobile class had a moral edge over the nobility.
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Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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James Brooks,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Matthew Arnold, in the 19th century, famously said the qualities of Homer are the plainness, the rapidity, and the nobility.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
After the publication of his biography in 1734, which Bluett addressed to the nobility of England, Diallo gained his freedom and eventually lived out the rest of his life in Senegal.
—
Leila Tarakji,
The Conversation,
17 June 2026
His victim, in her unassailable purity, resists him, thereby proving that the arrivistes populating the ranks of England’s most upwardly mobile class had a moral edge over the nobility.
—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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