Definition for NO-BLESS'

NO-BLESS', n. [Fr. noblesse, from Sp. nobleza.]

  1. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively; including males and females. Dryden.
  2. Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. [In these senses, not now used.] Spenser. B. Jonson.

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