noblewoman

English

Etymology

From noble +‎ -woman.

Noun

noblewoman (plural noblewomen)

1. A woman having a noble rank, especially one belonging to the peerage; a Lady.
   • 2019, Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Hamish Hamilton, page 377:

     The King [...] sit at the head of the royal table with his elder warriors and advisers, noblemen and noblewomen.

Translations

a woman of noble rank

Albanian: fisnike (sq) f, Belarusian: двара́нка f (dvaránka), шляхця́нка f (šljaxcjánka) (especially Polish) Bulgarian: благоро́дница f (blagoródnica), благоро́дничка f (blagoródnička) Chinese: Mandarin: 貴婦人／贵妇人 (zh) (guìfùrén) Czech: šlechtična (cs) f Danish: adelskvinde c, adelsdame c, adelsfrue c Egyptian: (špst f) Finnish: aatelisnainen French: noble (fr) m or f Galician: dama f, dona f German: Edelfrau (de) f, Adlige (de) f, Adelige (de) f Irish: bean uasal f Japanese: 貴婦人 (ja) (きふじん, kifujin) Korean: 귀부인(貴婦人) (ko) (gwibu'in) Macedonian: благоро́дничка f (blagoródnička), благоро́дница f (blagoródnica) дво́рјанка f (dvórjanka) Norwegian: Bokmål: adelsdame m or f, adelsfrue m or f, adelskvinne m or f Nynorsk: adelsdame f, adelsfrue f, adelskvinne f Polish: szlachcianka (pl) m Portuguese: nobre (pt) m or f, dama (pt) f Russian: дворя́нка (ru) f (dvorjánka), шляхтя́нка (ru) f (šljaxtjánka) (Polish) Scottish Gaelic: bean-uasal (gd) f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пле̏мкиња f Roman: plȅmkinja (sh) f Slovak: šľachtičná f Slovene: plemkinja f Swedish: adelsdam (sv) c, adelskvinna c, adelsfru c Turkish: soylu (tr), asilzade (tr), soylu kadın Ukrainian: дворя́нка f (dvorjánka), шляхтя́нка f (šljaxtjánka) (especially Polish) Yiddish: אַדלפֿרוי f (adlfroy)