Notable+person

  • 1Person-to-person lending — (also known as peer to peer lending, peer to peer investing, and social lending; abbreviated frequently as P2P lending) is a certain breed of financial transaction (primarily lending and borrowing, though other more complicated transactions can… …

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  • 2notable — /ˈnoʊtəbəl / (say nohtuhbuhl) adjective 1. worthy of note or notice; noteworthy: a notable success. 2. prominent, important, or distinguished, as persons. 3. Obsolete capable, thrifty, and industrious, as a housewife. –noun 4. a notable person; a …

  • 3Notable Last Facts — Notable Last Facts. Notable Last Facts is a book published by the American librarian/writer William B. Brahms in 1992 and was the first relatively comprehensive collection of important lasts. Although that work mainly details American culture (TV …

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  • 4Notable American Women —   …

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  • 5Notable — Not a*ble, a. [F. notable, L. notabilis, fr. notare to mark, nota mark, note. See 5th {Note}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plain; evident. [1913 Webster] 2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or… …

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  • 6notable — (adj.) mid 14c., from O.Fr. notable well known, notable, remarkable (13c.) and directly from L. notabilis noteworthy, extraordinary, from notare to note (see NOTE (Cf. note) (v.)). The noun meaning a person of distinction is first recorded 1815.… …

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  • 7notable — [nōt′ə bəl; ] for adj. [ 2, ] also [ nät′ə bəl] adj. [OFr < L notabilis < notare, to mark, note < nota, a mark: see NOTE] 1. worthy of notice; remarkable; outstanding 2. Archaic industrious and capable, as in housekeeping n. 1. a person… …

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  • 8notable — [adj] important; famous big league*, bodacious*, celebrated, celebrious, conspicuous, distingué, distinguished, eminent, eventful, evident, extraordinary, famed, great, heavy*, high profile*, illustrious, major league*, manifest, marked,… …

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  • 9Notable — Not a*ble (n[=o]t [.a]*b l), n. 1. A person, or thing, of distinction. [1913 Webster] 2. (French Hist.) One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative… …

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  • 10notable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ worthy of attention or notice. ► NOUN ▪ a famous or important person …

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