noblesse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being of noble birth
    nobility.
  2. noun members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)

WordNet

No*bless", No*blesse" noun (Also<
  • Nobless
  • Noblesse
)
Etymology
F. noblesse. See Noble.
Definitions
  1. Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. Obs. Chaucer. Spenser. B. Jonson.
  2. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females. Dryden.

Webster 1913