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means The idea that people born into wealth, rank, or power are morally bound to act generously and responsibly toward those who have less.

from Borrowed whole from French, where it literally means 'nobility obligates.' It surfaces in French in the 1800s as a crisp little proverb summing up the old feudal bargain: the aristocracy got land, titles, and deference, and in exchange was supposed to protect and provide for those beneath them. English speakers lifted the phrase directly rather than translating it, which is part of why it still feels faintly aristocratic and a little self-congratulatory whenever it's used.