noblesse

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)The quality of being noble; nobleness.

   “But thou, whose noblesse keeps one stature still”

2. (plural, plural-only)The nobility; peerage.

   “Faire braunch of noblesse, flowre of cheualrie, / That with your worth the world amazed make, / How shall I quite the paines, ye suffer for my sake?”

   “All gentlemen are almost obliged to it: and I know no reason we should give that advantage to the commonalty of England to be foremost in brave actions, which the noblesse of France would never suffer in their peasants”