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baseborn

[ beys-bawrn ]
/ ˈbeɪsˈbɔrn /
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adjective
of humble parentage.
born out of wedlock; illegitimate.
having a base character or nature; mean.
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Origin of baseborn

First recorded in 1585–95; base2 + born

Words nearby baseborn

baseball cap, baseballer, baseball glove, baseband, baseboard, baseborn, base box, base bullion, baseburner, base camp, basecoat
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Words related to baseborn

base, common, contemptible, declassed, dishonorable, humble, ignoble, inferior, lower-class, mean, plebeian, unwashed, unworthy, bastard, misbegotten, spurious

How to use baseborn in a sentence

  • For they honor money; and the noble weds the baseborn, and the base the highborn; wealth has mixed the race.

    Greek Women|Mitchell Carroll

  • Baseborn—guilty-born—attainted by my father's crimes, I am unworthy your love or a place in your thoughts.

    Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2)|Jonathon Holt Ingraham

  • Her bloodstained practising had succeeded in foisting one baseborn plebeian of alien blood into the family.

    A Decade of Italian Women, v. II (of 2)|T. Adolphus Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for baseborn

baseborn
/ (ˈbeɪsˌbɔːn) /
adjective archaic
born of humble parents
illegitimate
mean; contemptible
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