Definition of Noble

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Definition of Noble

Noble

Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart.

Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice.

Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn; as, noble blood; a noble personage.

A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.

An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61.

A European fish; the lyrie.

To make noble; to ennoble.

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Noble Quotations

To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.
Mark Twain

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
Abraham Lincoln

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
Kahlil Gibran

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.
Mohandas Gandhi

Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.
Friedrich Nietzsche

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
Helen Keller

What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.
William Shakespeare

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.
Henry David Thoreau

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.
Aristotle

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
Aristotle

Noble Translations

noble in Dutch is nobel, edel
noble in Finnish is jalo
noble in Italian is nobile
noble in Latin is optimus
noble in Portuguese is nobre
noble in Spanish is noble

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