1.
[syn: nobility, noblesse]
2. members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nobless \No*bless"\, Noblesse \No*blesse"\ (?; 277), n. [F.
noblesse. See Noble.]
1. Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. [Obs.]
--Chaucer. --Spenser. --B. Jonson.
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2. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively,
including males and females. --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
noblesse
n 1: the state of being of noble birth [syn: nobility,
noblesse]
2: members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)