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Vinony

noblesse

noun

  1. noble birth or condition
  2. the members of the nobility, especially the French nobility
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Pronunciation: /nə(ʊ)ˈblɛs/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English noblesse, from Anglo-Norman noblesse, noblesce et al., Old French noblace, nobleche et al., from noble (“noble”).

  1. The nobility; peerage.

    “Faire braunch of noblesse, flowre of cheualrie, / That with your worth the world amazed make, / How shall I quite the paines, ye suffer for my sake?”

    “All gentlemen are almost obliged to it: and I know no reason we should give that advantage to the commonalty of England to be foremost in brave actions, which the noblesse of France would never suffer in their peasants”