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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When he comes upon Irontown, led by the highborn Lady Eboshi, and listens to its people brag about burning down the boar god’s forest, one might expect him to be angry.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
A highborn Athenian named Thucydides recognized at once that a transformative conflict was beginning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Historically, British queens have tapped highborn “ladies-in-waiting” to provide company to the monarch and serve as personal assistants and loyal friends.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2022
He signs his poems — and, later, his scabrous articles in the Parisian press — Lucien de Rubempré, using his highborn mother’s maiden name.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
He had openly acknowledged one of his bastards, a boy of Bran's age whose mother was highborn.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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