Definition for NO'BLE

NO'BLE, n.

  1. A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer; as, a duke, marquis, earl, viscount or baron.
  2. In Scripture, a person of honorable family or distinguished by station. Exod. xxiv. Neh. vi.
  3. Originally a gold coin, but now a money of account, value 6s. 8d. sterling, or $1 48 cts. Camden.

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