noble

The definition of noble is someone who has high morals and ideals or people who are royalty or who have good breeding.

(adjective)

See noble in Webster's New World College Dictionary

having eminence, renown, fame, etc.; illustrious
having or showing high moral qualities or ideals, or greatness of character; lofty
having excellent qualities; superior
grand; stately; splendid; magnificent: a noble view
of high hereditary rank or title; aristocratic
chemically nonreactive, esp. with acids and air; precious; pure: said of metals, esp. gold, platinum, etc.; also said of any of the six inert, or nearly inert, rare gases in group VIIIA of the periodic table

Origin: OFr < L nobilis, lit., well-known < base of (g)noscere, to know

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See noble in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective no·bler, no·blest

Possessing hereditary rank in a political system or social class derived from a feudalistic stage of a country's development.
a. Having or showing qualities of high moral character, such as courage, generosity, or honor: a noble spirit.
b. Proceeding from or indicative of such a character; showing magnanimity: “What poor an instrument/May do a noble deed!” (Shakespeare).
Grand and stately in appearance; majestic: “a mighty Spanish chestnut, bare now of leaves, but in summer a noble tree” (Richard Jeffries).
Chemistry Inactive or inert.