noble descent
Blue-blooded family line
Noble descent refers to family lineage traced back to aristocratic ancestors—people who held titles, lands, or hereditary privileges within a social hierarchy.
Someone of noble descent can claim dukes, earls, barons, or similar ranks among their forebears, whether or not they themselves hold a title.
The phrase often appears in historical contexts or discussions of genealogy and inheritance.
She was of noble descent but had no fortune to speak of.
- dukeHighest-ranking nobleman
- coat of armsHereditary symbolic emblem
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- duchessWoman of ducal rank
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