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单词 noblewoman
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noblewomann.

Brit. /ˈnəʊblˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈnoʊb(ə)lˌwʊm(ə)n/
Inflections: Plural noblewomen.
Forms: see noble adj. and n.1 and woman n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: noble adj., woman n.
Etymology: < noble adj. + woman n. Compare nobleman n.
A woman of noble birth or rank; a peeress.
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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 129 Noblemen & wimmen þe makeð large relef.
a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 147 (MED) Fowre & twenty marke of syluer, I-ȝefe..to þe sayde religiouse women of a nowble-woman, dame royse la moyne I-callyd.
?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 84 A Noblwooman, that I am..mooch boound vntoo.
1609 S. Rowlands Famous Hist. Guy Earle of Warwick L 2 Who unto Pilgrims did more bounty show, Than any Noble~woman in the Land.
1641 Lords Spiritual 13 Then would it also follow.., That Noble-women should have no Lords to be their tryers.
1762 Biogr. Dict. IX. 227 A noblewoman of the county of Avignon.
1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges i. 38 The countess was a large-sized noblewoman.
1921 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Nov. 736/3 No other Indian noblewoman of our day has approached her in pioneer work in breaking down social and caste prejudices.
1989 J. Gillingham Richard Lionheart (ed. 2) 31 Twelfth-century romances make it plain that for a noblewoman to suckle her own child implied a quite exceptional degree of love.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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