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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Nobleman \No"ble*man\, noun; pl. {Noblemen}. One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
nobleman
noun: a titled peer of the realm [syn: {Lord}, {noble}] [ant: {Lady}, {Lady}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "nobleman": Brahman, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, blue blood, count, daimio, duke, earl, esquire, gentleman, grand duke, grandee, hidalgo, lace-curtain, laird, landgrave, lord, lordling, magnate, magnifico, margrave, marquis, noble, optimate, palsgrave, patrician, peer, seigneur, seignior, silk-stocking, squire, swell, thoroughbred, upper-cruster, viscount, waldgrave
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
NOBLEMAN, noun Nature's provision for wealthy American minds ambitious to incur social distinction and suffer high life.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Nobleman (Gr. basilikos, i.e., "king's man"), an officer of state (John 4:49) in the service of Herod Antipas. He is supposed to have been the Chuza, Herod's steward, whose wife was one of those women who "ministered unto the Lord of their substance" (Luke 8:3). This officer came to Jesus at Cana and besought him to go down to Capernaum and heal his son, who lay there at the point of death. Our Lord sent him away with the joyful assurance that his son was alive.
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