noblesse
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noblesse /nəʊˈblɛs/
▶noun the nobility of a foreign country.
– phrases
noblesse oblige /ɒˈbliːʒ/ privilege entails responsibility.
noblesse oblige /ɒˈbliːʒ/ privilege entails responsibility.
– origin Fr., lit. ‘nobility’.
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