Category:Notable

Not"a*ble, a. Etym: [f. notable, l. notabilis, fr. notare to mark, Nota mark, note. See 5th note.]

1. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident.

2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; As, a notable event, person.

Note: notable in the sense of careful, thrifty, characterized by Thrift and capacity (as, a notable housekeeper) is pronounced by many Good orthoëpists, nôt"a*b'l, the derivatives notableness, and Notably, being also similarly pronounced with short o in the first Syllable.

3. Well-known; notorious. [obs.] Chaucer.

Notable Not"a*ble, n.

1. A person, or thing, of distinction.

2. (french hist.)

Defn: one of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, Chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a Representative body.