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noblewoman|ˈnəʊb(ə)lwʊmən|
[Cf. nobleman.]
A woman of noble birth or rank.
1575Laneham Lett. (1871) 59 A Noblewooman that I am..mooch boound vntoo. 1607Rowlands Hist. Earl Warw. L 2 Who unto Pilgrims did more bounty show, Than any Noble⁓woman in the Land. 1641Lords Spiritual 13 Then would it also follow.., That Noble-women should have no Lords to be their tryers. 1762Biogr. Dict. IX. 227 A noblewoman of the county of Avignon. 1861Thackeray Four Georges i. (1862) 52 The countess was a large-sized noblewoman. 1896L. Eckenstein Wom. under Monasticism 149 The young noblewoman stayed at home. |