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noblesse
/ ²Ôəʊˈ²ú±ôÉ›²õ /
noun
- noble birth or condition
- the noble class
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of noblesse1
C13: from Old French; see noble
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Example Sentences
There might be just a dash of noblesse oblige in there, too, a little well-intentioned clemency from soccer’s great conqueror.
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His noblesse oblige masked a steely newsman who stood by his publication and industry whenever they were under attack.
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It's the "noblesse oblige" posturing of 19th-century industrialists, who pretended that building a few museums made up for grinding underpaid workers into dust.
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Given the vast wealth gap between likely patrons and these portrait-subjects, the question creates an inescapable aura of noblesse oblige.
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Today, Beek and his family run it out of a sense of noblesse oblige.
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