3. Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility; distinguished
from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn; as, noble blood;
a noble personage.
Noble is used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as,
noble-born, noble-hearted, noble- minded.
Noble metals (Chem.), silver, gold, and platinum; -- so called from
their freedom from oxidation and permanence in air. Copper, mercury,
aluminium, palladium, rhodium, iridium, and osmium are sometimes
included.
Syn. -- Honorable; worthy; dignified; elevated; exalted; superior;
sublime; great; eminent; illustrious; renowned; stately; splendid;
magnificent; grand; magnanimous; generous; liberal; free.
No"ble, n. 1. A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.
2. An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the
value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61.