noblesse
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Noun
1. nobility
Examples6
to earn one's stripes, to win one's spurs, to build one's reputation
Tom descends from Lemurian nobility.
The country was governed by a French noble family.
What is nationalism? It is patriotism that has lost its nobility.
It is sometimes said that nobility have blue blood.
Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.