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.
      [1913 Webster]
   2. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively,
      including males and females. --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]
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)