\Not"a*ble\, a. [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 ortho["e]pists,
      n[o^]t"[.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.

\Not"a*ble\, n.
1. A person, or thing, of distinction.
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 body.