noblemann.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊblmən/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊb(ə)lm(ə)n/

Inflections: Plural noblemen.

Forms: see noble adj. and n.¹ and man n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: noble adj., man n.¹

Etymology: < noble adj. + man n.¹ Compare Old French noble homme (beginning of the 13th cent.). Compare noblewoman n.

a. A man of noble birth or rank; a male peer.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble person or man

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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 129 Noblemen & wimmen þe makeð large relef.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 8091 (MED) Þer wende þe duc geffray & þe erl baldewine þere & þe oþer baldewine al so, þat noblemen were, & kinges suþþe alle þre of þe holy lond.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 73 Þe noble man clepiþ his seruauntz & bitoke hem tuo mnas.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 317 I dare say my fadir was a nobleman.

a1500 (?1382) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 171 (MED) If nobul-men be bischopis, let hem þenke on Christ, þat was most nobul man þat evere was in erthe.

1580 G. Harvey in E. Spenser Compl. Wks. (1882) I. 437 Any noblemans petitory or commendatorye letters.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 3 The Noblemen [had] fiue or sixe [pendants] in an eare.

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 131 There is not one of these noble Men should have any longer a being in this Town.

1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. *A A certain Nobleman,..beginning with a Dog-kennil, never liv'd to finish the Palace he had contriv'd.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 7 A nobleman of one of the most ancient families of the kingdom of Naples.

1831 J. Sinclair Corr. II. 350 Two Prussian noblemen who came to Scotland in 1806.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! x A condescension..on the part of a nobleman of Spain.

1922 G. M. Trevelyan Brit. Hist. 19th Cent. ix. 154 Great noblemen who were also great coalowners, working their own mines.

1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 27 June 26/1 He could weave legends..that he was really a nobleman who had been kidnapped in youth.

2002 O. Figes Natasha's Dance (2003) i. ii. 15 For his services the nobleman was given land and serfs, but..only on condition that he served the Tsar.

b. A nobleman's son as a student at Oxford or Cambridge University. Now historical.Unlike other students, noblemen did not have to fulfil all requirements in order to be granted a degree.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble person or man > academic

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society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > types at specific universities

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sign-off1902

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techie1969

1682 T. Shadwell Medal of John Bayes 8 At Cambridge first your scurrilous Vein began, When sawcily you traduc'd a Nobleman. [Note] A Lords Son, and all Noblemens Sons, are called Noblemen there.

1715 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1901) V. 105 Three or four Scholars of note and Distinction, one of them being a Nobleman..of Worcester Coll.

1744 T. Salmon Present State Univ. (new ed.) I. 423 Undergraduates consisting of Noblemen, Gentlemen-Commoners, Commoners, Scholars of the Foundation, Exhibitioners, Battlers and Servitors.

1764 Earl of Clarendon Dialogue conc. Educ. 39 An unhappy privilege, which noblemen have had, that they might chuse whether they would be obliged to the public scholastic exercises of the house.

1803 Gradus ad Cantabrigiam 91 Noblemen. By an interpretation of a statute made Jan. 31, 1577, the question, ‘how far the appellation of a Nobleman is to be extended?’

a1814 R. Watson Anecd. (1817) 29 Some defects in the University education, especially with respect to Noblemen and Fellow-Commoners.

1827 J. M. F. Wright Alma Mater I. 11 The Vice-master's table for Noblemen, Fellows, and Fellow-commoners, with such strangers as they are privileged to invite.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 46/1 [Lord Aberdeen] was educated at Harrow, and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated as a nobleman in 1804.

1986 L. S. Sutherland & L. G. Mitchell Hist. Univ. Oxf. V. 369 Noblemen were permitted not only to have an even more extensive area of braid but to have their gowns tailored in a colour of their choice.

2005 S. Boyd Story Cambr. iv. 42/2 There were four categories of scholars at Cambridge:..Noblemen paid high fees and had many privileges. Fellow-commoners were gentlemen but were not as rich as the noblemen.

†2. Chess. A piece or man, as opposed to a pawn. Usually in plural. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > pieces > superior pieces

nobility1656

nobleman1656

officer1805

major piece1945

1656 F. Beale tr. G. Greco Royall Game Chesse-play vii Forke is, that when you see two of the enemies Noble-men standing in the same ranke, and but one house betwixt them, advance a pawne, guarded with an other, unto the middle house before them both, and you may commonly take one of them.

1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester 52 The Pawns are all alike, and each Nobleman hath one of them to wait upon him.

1761 E. Hoyle Ess. Game of Chess (1778) 145 I speak now, as supposing all the Noblemen are gone; if not, they are to attend your Pawns.

1797 Encycl. Brit. IV. 639/2 The difference of the worth of pawns is not so great as that of noblemen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nobleman
释义	noblemann. Brit. /ˈnəʊblmən/, U.S. /ˈnoʊb(ə)lm(ə)n/ Inflections: Plural noblemen. Forms: see noble adj. and n.¹ and man n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: noble adj., man n.¹ Etymology: < noble adj. + man n.¹ Compare Old French noble homme (beginning of the 13th cent.). Compare noblewoman n. 1. a. A man of noble birth or rank; a male peer. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble person or man earleOE wyeOE freeOE nobleman?c1225 athelc1275 noblec1325 douzepersc1330 freelya1350 hathela1350 gentlec1400 nobleness1490 gentle blood1575 comes1583 altezza1595 birth1596 nobility1841 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 129 Noblemen & wimmen þe makeð large relef. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 8091 (MED) Þer wende þe duc geffray & þe erl baldewine þere & þe oþer baldewine al so, þat noblemen were, & kinges suþþe alle þre of þe holy lond. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 73 Þe noble man clepiþ his seruauntz & bitoke hem tuo mnas. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 317 I dare say my fadir was a nobleman. a1500 (?1382) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 171 (MED) If nobul-men be bischopis, let hem þenke on Christ, þat was most nobul man þat evere was in erthe. 1580 G. Harvey in E. Spenser Compl. Wks. (1882) I. 437 Any noblemans petitory or commendatorye letters. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 3 The Noblemen [had] fiue or sixe [pendants] in an eare. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 131 There is not one of these noble Men should have any longer a being in this Town. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. A A certain Nobleman,..beginning with a Dog-kennil, never liv'd to finish the Palace he had contriv'd. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian* I. i. 7 A nobleman of one of the most ancient families of the kingdom of Naples. 1831 J. Sinclair Corr. II. 350 Two Prussian noblemen who came to Scotland in 1806. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! x A condescension..on the part of a nobleman of Spain. 1922 G. M. Trevelyan Brit. Hist. 19th Cent. ix. 154 Great noblemen who were also great coalowners, working their own mines. 1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 27 June 26/1 He could weave legends..that he was really a nobleman who had been kidnapped in youth. 2002 O. Figes Natasha's Dance (2003) i. ii. 15 For his services the nobleman was given land and serfs, but..only on condition that he served the Tsar. b. A nobleman's son as a student at Oxford or Cambridge University. Now historical.Unlike other students, noblemen did not have to fulfil all requirements in order to be granted a degree. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble person or man > academic gold hatband1628 nobleman1682 gold tasseller1846 society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > types at specific universities son?c1550 Bibler1569 round cap1572 batteler1604 fellow commoner1614 gentleman-commoner1614 primar1642 Bible-clerk1650 Harry-Sopha1661 hodman1677 nobleman1682 seconder1684 grueller1691 ternar1698 tuft1755 red gowna1774 ten-year-man1816 prick-bill1818 bear1828 martinet1831 sheep1865 trotter1883 skiver1884 hall-reader1886 sign-off1902 night climber1937 techie1969 1682 T. Shadwell Medal of John Bayes 8 At Cambridge first your scurrilous Vein began, When sawcily you traduc'd a Nobleman. [Note] A Lords Son, and all Noblemens Sons, are called Noblemen there. 1715 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1901) V. 105 Three or four Scholars of note and Distinction, one of them being a Nobleman..of Worcester Coll. 1744 T. Salmon Present State Univ. (new ed.) I. 423 Undergraduates consisting of Noblemen, Gentlemen-Commoners, Commoners, Scholars of the Foundation, Exhibitioners, Battlers and Servitors. 1764 Earl of Clarendon Dialogue conc. Educ. 39 An unhappy privilege, which noblemen have had, that they might chuse whether they would be obliged to the public scholastic exercises of the house. 1803 Gradus ad Cantabrigiam 91 Noblemen. By an interpretation of a statute made Jan. 31, 1577, the question, ‘how far the appellation of a Nobleman is to be extended?’ a1814 R. Watson Anecd. (1817) 29 Some defects in the University education, especially with respect to Noblemen and Fellow-Commoners. 1827 J. M. F. Wright Alma Mater I. 11 The Vice-master's table for Noblemen, Fellows, and Fellow-commoners, with such strangers as they are privileged to invite. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 46/1 [Lord Aberdeen] was educated at Harrow, and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated as a nobleman in 1804. 1986 L. S. Sutherland & L. G. Mitchell Hist. Univ. Oxf. V. 369 Noblemen were permitted not only to have an even more extensive area of braid but to have their gowns tailored in a colour of their choice. 2005 S. Boyd Story Cambr. iv. 42/2 There were four categories of scholars at Cambridge:..Noblemen paid high fees and had many privileges. Fellow-commoners were gentlemen but were not as rich as the noblemen. †2. Chess. A piece or man, as opposed to a pawn. Usually in plural. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > pieces > superior pieces nobility1656 nobleman1656 officer1805 major piece1945 1656 F. Beale tr. G. Greco Royall Game Chesse-play vii Forke is, that when you see two of the enemies Noble-men standing in the same ranke, and but one house betwixt them, advance a pawne, guarded with an other, unto the middle house before them both, and you may commonly take one of them. 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester 52 The Pawns are all alike, and each Nobleman hath one of them to wait upon him. 1761 E. Hoyle Ess. Game of Chess (1778) 145 I speak now, as supposing all the Noblemen are gone; if not, they are to attend your Pawns. 1797 Encycl. Brit. IV. 639/2 The difference of the worth of pawns is not so great as that of noblemen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1225
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