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trueborn

[ troo-bawrn ]

adjective

  1. genuinely or authentically so because of birth:

    a trueborn son of Ireland; a trueborn Parisian.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of trueborn1

First recorded in 1585–95; true + born

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Example Sentences

Yet we parted after the manner of trueborn Britons, as if we should meet again in a day or two.

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