as in gentlemen
a man of high birth or social position
his impeccable manners immediately marked him as a nobleman
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Recent Examples of noblemen
Archaeology News reported that noblemen might have performed administrative tasks.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 29 Nov. 2025
As kobolds go, Heinzelmann was more harmless than most, going about his business protecting the castle from giants and dwarves and keeping the staff updated on faerie gossip, as well as protecting the chambermaids from unwelcome attentions from visiting noblemen.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Hermès traces its history to 1837 as a harness workshop for European noblemen, and today, the company still has a healthy equestrian business.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 29 Nov. 2025
As kobolds go, Heinzelmann was more harmless than most, going about his business protecting the castle from giants and dwarves and keeping the staff updated on faerie gossip, as well as protecting the chambermaids from unwelcome attentions from visiting noblemen.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Hermès traces its history to 1837 as a harness workshop for European noblemen, and today, the company still has a healthy equestrian business.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noblemen
Noun
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Distinguished gentlemen boasting dashing Hessian boots and tall beaver hats.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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Amazingly, given that Napa estate deals usually involve years of planning and a multifaceted acquisition strategy, the entire purchase came as a complete surprise to these gentlemen, and none of them could have ever imagined such a thing in their wildest dreams.—
Cathrine Todd,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Suffice it to say, with credentials such as this, a charivari of fashion-week regulars, media, film and musical grandees and not a few New York and London tatterdemalions showed for the September 12 bacchanal on Church Street.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Instead, the concept has been perverted to mean higher-ed grandees' exclusive right to determine who participates in scholarly life.—
Ilya Shapiro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And all these noble lords can’t even remember his name.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Beyond that, the tech lords often suffer the vices of their virtues.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Noblemen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noblemen. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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