nobleman
n.
aristocrat
Nobility
Nobility is a government-privileged title which may be either hereditary (see
hereditary titles) or for a lifetime. Titles of nobility exist today in many countries although it is usually associated with present or former monarchies. The term originally referred to those who were "known" or "notable" and was applied to the highest
social class in
pre-modern societies. In the
feudal system (in Europe and elsewhere), the nobility were generally those who held a
fief, often land and/or office, under
vassalage, i.e. in exchange for allegiance and various, mainly military, services to the Monarch and at lower levels to another nobleman. It rapidly came to be seen as a hereditary
caste, sometimes associated with a right to bear a hereditary title and, for example in pre-revolutionary
France, enjoying fiscal and other privileges. Today, in most countries, "noble status" is a purely honorary dignity that confers no legal privileges; an important exception is the
United Kingdom, where certain titles (titles of the
peerage, until recently guaranteeing a seat in the
Upper House of the
UK Parliament, hence its name
House of Lords), still confer some residual privileges.
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nobleman
Noun
1. a titled peer of the realm
(synonym) Lord, noble
(antonym) Lady, noblewoman, peeress
(hypernym) male aristocrat
(hyponym) armiger
Nobleman
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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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.