greater nobility
noun
The members of the higher ranks of the aristocracy, nobility above the rank of baron or its equivalent, especially in continental Europe.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in John Cowell (1554–1611), civil lawyer.
- No. Ten
- notepad
- notepaper
- note-perfect
- noter
- note-row
- note-series
- note-shaver
- note-shaving
- notes inégales
- note-spinning
- note verbale
- noteworthiness
- noteworthy
- not exactly
- not for all the tea in China
- not for a minute
- not for a (or one) moment
- not forgetting ——
- not for lack (or want) of trying
- not for love or money
- not for nothing
- not-for-profit
- not gate
- not give a bugger