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n. a titled peer of the realm

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adj. of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth"

noble

adj. having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds"

noble

adj. inert especially toward oxygen; "a noble gas such as helium or neon"; "noble metals include gold and silver and platinum"

baronial, imposing, noble, stately

adj. impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"

aristocrat, blue blood, patrician

n. a member of the aristocracy

madame

n. title used for a married Frenchwoman

queen

n. something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind; "Paris is the queen of cities"; "the queen of ocean liners"

good

adj. morally admirable

honorable, honourable

adj. used as a title of respect; "my honorable colleague"; "our worthy commanding officer"

ethical, honorable, honourable

adj. adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action"

respectable

adj. characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals; "a respectable woman"

meritorious, meritable

adj. deserving reward or praise; "a lifetime of meritorious service"; "meritorious conduct"

admirable

adj. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; "an estimable young professor"; "trains ran with admirable precision"; "his taste was impeccable, his health admirable"

upstanding, solid

adj. meriting respect or esteem; "an upstanding member of the community"

becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly

adj. according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"

honest, honorable

adj. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"

fair, just, equitable

adj. "honest wages for an honest day's work"

estimable

adj. deserving of respect or high regard

estimable, good, honorable, respectable

adj. deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name"

good, just, upright

adj. of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"

virtuous

adj. morally excellent

stalwart, stouthearted

adj. used especially of persons; "a stalwart knight"; "a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army"

heroic, heroical

adj. having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy"; "heroic explorers"

audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing

adj. invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"

valiant, valorous

adj. having or showing valor; "a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack"; "a valiant soldier"

glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous

adj. having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity"

imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal

adj. belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"

important

adj. having or suggesting a consciousness of high position; "recited the decree with an important air"; "took long important strides in the direction of his office"

imperious, masterful

adj. able to deal authoritatively with affairs; "dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand"

dignified, self-respecting, self-respectful

adj. having or showing self-esteem

patrician

adj. befitting a person of noble origin; "a patrician nose"

upper-class

adj. occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society

inactive

adj. (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"

inert, indifferent, neutral

adj. having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"

stable

adj. not taking part readily in chemical change

formidable

adj. extremely impressive in strength or excellence; "a formidable opponent"; "the challenge was formidable"; "had a formidable array of compositions to his credit"; "the formidable army of brains at the Prime Minister's disposal"

stunning

adj. strikingly beautiful or attractive; "quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure"; "stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas"

dramatic, spectacular, striking

adj. sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation"

grand

adj. the most important and magnificent in adornment; "grand ballroom"; "grand staircase"

gallant, lofty, majestic, proud

adj. having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"

grandiose

adj. impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval

grand

adj. large and impressive in physical size or extent; "the bridge is a grand structure"

important-looking

adj. impressive in appearance

mind-boggling

adj. intellectually or emotionally overwhelming; "a mind-boggling display"; "a mind-boggling puzzle"

palatial

adj. suitable for or like a palace; "palatial furnishings"; "a palatial yacht"

signal

adj. notably out of the ordinary; "the year saw one signal triumph for the Labour party"

thundering

adj. extraordinarily big or impressive; "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid"

Lady, noblewoman, peeress

n. a woman of the peerage in Britain

Lady, noblewoman, peeress

n. a woman of the peerage in Britain

lowborn

adj. of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor"

base, baseborn, humble, lowly

adj. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"

common, plebeian

adj. of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian magistrate"

common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed

adj. of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"

ignoble

adj. completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

unimposing

adj. lacking in impressiveness; "on the whole the results of this system are unimposing"

humble

adj. marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski

indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward

adj. not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"

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