highborn
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of highborn
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at high, born
Example Sentences
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A highborn Athenian named Thucydides recognized at once that a transformative conflict was beginning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Fans from America to Europe to Australia bought his books and flocked to his one-man shows, and his potent doses of humor and hard truth enthralled both the highborn and the humble.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
You need grains of life for an ethical dilemma, you need an understanding of work and people, whether in 90 minutes of trash or something more highborn.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2020
That a hotheaded, highborn Southerner killed a working man confirmed Northern fears about the intemperate behavior of Southern defenders of slavery, according to Gugliotta.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2018
They were looking for a highborn girl, daughter of the King's Hand, not for a skinny boy with his hair chopped off.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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