nobiliary particle
1nobiliary particle — noun A preposition forming part of a title or certain names, eg Ger von, Fr de, Ital di • • • Main Entry: ↑nobility …
2Nobiliary particle — A nobiliary particle is used in a family name or surname in many Western cultures to signal the nobility of a family. The particle used varies depending on the country, language and period of time. This article is dedicated to explain how noble… …
3nobiliary particle — noun a preposition found in names, indicating nobility Albert of Saxe Coburg Gotha …
4nobiliary — a. pertaining to nobility. ♦ nobiliary particle, preposition indicating nobility, e.g. de (French) or von (German) …
5nobiliary — adj. of the nobility. Phrases and idioms: nobiliary particle a preposition forming part of a title of nobility (e.g. French de, German von). Etymology: F nobiliaire (as NOBLE) …
6nobiliaryparticle — nobiliary particle n. A preposition used as a mark of noble rank before a title or surname, as German von in Christian von Wolf and French de in Simone de Beauvoir. * * * …
7Family name — Last name redirects here. For the song, see Last Name. Family name Frankenstein, an example of compound German family names which were typical for Jews (New Jewish Cemetery, Prague) A family name (in Western contexts often referred to as a last… …
8Royal and noble ranks — Emperor Empress King Queen Viceroy Vicereine …
9Napoleon I of France — Infobox French Royalty|monarch name=Napoleon I title=The Emperor of the French King of Italy Mediator of the Swiss Confederation Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine caption=Napoleon by Jacques Louis David (1812) reign=20 March 1804–6… …
10Nobility — Nobles redirects here. For other uses, see Nobles (disambiguation). For other uses, see Noble (disambiguation). Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society,… …
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