noblewoman
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈnoʊbəlˌwʊmən/
:
noble
- The noblewoman gracefully hosted the charity event at her estate.
- Sicilian noblewoman
Examples
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At the beginning of the text, Caius discusses his political ambitions with a Roman noblewoman, Laelia, who is the wife of the soldier Stellio and mother to his two children.
Academic text (2017) -
Catherine de' Medici was an Italian noblewoman, famous for being the wife of King Henry II and later becoming regent, as well as participating in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.
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Immediately behind the queen and near the left edge of the painting rides a second noblewoman.
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Is she the only noblewoman in Normandy?
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If you're going to be a noblewoman, you must play the part.
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This portrait of a French noblewoman came into the studio with lots of problems, none of them particularly well disguised.
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Though they ranged in status from a princess to a noblewoman to the daughter of a merchant, certainly all three can be considered "elite."
Academic text (2007) -
Karinana had been a young noblewoman, groomed to wed the king, imagining she would be a queen.
Fiction book (2002) -
In brief, a mysterious noblewoman (Lucrecia) in Flanders who wishes to keep her identity secret seduces Don Jaime.
Academic text (2018) -
More specifically, it stages the moral and fiscal plight of Lady Languid, a widowed noblewoman immersed in a world of fashionable pastimes—most predominantly, gambling.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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2.5
A woman who has a noble title in Britain, for example the wife or female partner of a lord
63
5.3
A person from a high social family with a title
48
8.6
A noble person with a title who sits in the House of Lords
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9.0
A woman from a rich or important family who has polite, graceful manners
A woman who has a noble title, often in Britain, or a woman whose husband was a noble
A woman from a high social class with a family title
A woman who holds land from a lord and owes him service and loyalty
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Noblewoman comes from noble, from an old Latin word nobilis meaning 'well-known' or 'famous', together with woman. So a noblewoman is a woman 'known' in society because of her high birth or rank, which is why it means a woman of the nobility.