Definition that contains noble birth
- knight originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
- franklin a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth
- nobility the state of being of noble birth
- noblesse the state of being of noble birth
- left-handed (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior
- morganatic (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior