noblewomen

Example Sentences

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Aspiring knights were pages; noblewomen worked as ladies in waiting.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 7, 2018

And—crucially—it gives fair time to educated noblewomen like Christine de Pizan and Lucrezia Marinella, who in their work exposed the misogynist creed for the veil of lies it was.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2015

There are mothers, like the noblewomen Catelyn Stark and Cersei Baratheon, who are driven by their fierce, lioness-like love for their children.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2012

At times, noblewomen played a key role in defending castles.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Their hair had once been piled in curls, arranged with jewels in the style of Roman noblewomen, but now their locks were disheveled and dry as straw.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan