noblesse noun. [nǝʊ'blɛs, nɔblɛs] ME.
[Old & mod. French, formed as NOBLE.]
1. Noble birth or rank; nobility, nobleness. Now chiefly as below. ME.
noblesse oblige [ɔbliʒ, ɒ'bli:ʒ] privilege entails responsibility.

2. The nobility; a class of people of noble rank, now esp. in a foreign country. L15.
petite noblesse: see PETITE adjective 2.

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