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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: average joe who wrote (18087)7/12/2001 4:58:48 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

noblesse oblige

SYLLABICATION: noblesse o·blige
PRONUNCIATION: -blzh
NOUN: ,b> The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

noblesse oblige

SYLLABICATION: noblesse o·blige
PRONUNCIATION: -blzh
NOUN: Benevolent, honorable behavior considered to be the responsibility of persons of high birth or rank.
ETYMOLOGY: French, nobility is an obligation : noblesse, nobility + oblige, third person sing. present tense of obliger, to obligate.

Benevolent, honorable behavior considered to be the responsibility of persons of high birth or rank.

ETYMOLOGY: French, nobility is an obligation : noblesse, nobility + oblige, third person sing. present tense of obliger, to obligate.

I was using it in the modern context of the obligation of the majority to the minority.
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