Definitions of nobleman
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a titled peer of the realm
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Antonyms:
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Lady, noblewoman, peeress
a woman of the peerage in Britain
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examples:
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Don Juan
a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas
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Roger de Mortimer
English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330)
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types:
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armiger
a nobleman entitled to bear heraldic arms
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baron
a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
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burgrave
a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right
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count
a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
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duke
a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank
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grandee
a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal
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margrave
a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)
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marquess, marquis
nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count
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mesne lord
a feudal lord who was lord to his own tenants on land held from a superior lord
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milord
a term of address for an English lord
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palatine, palsgrave
(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
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peer
a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
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sire
a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
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thane
a feudal lord or baron
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viscount
(in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count
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baron
a British peer of the lowest rank
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count palatine
a count who exercised royal authority in his own domain
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duke
a British peer of the highest rank
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earl
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
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Earl Marshal
an officer of the English peerage who organizes royal processions and other ceremonies
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landgrave
a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany
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life peer
a British peer whose title lapses at death
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marquess
a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl
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peer of the realm
a peer who is entitled to sit in the House of Lords
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viscount
a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron
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viscountess
a noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right
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type of:
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male aristocrat
a man who is an aristocrat
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Lady, noblewoman, peeress
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