highborn

[hahy-bawrn]

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adjective

of high rank by birth.

Origin of highborn

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at high, born

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Related Words for highborn

aristocratic, elite, gentle, highbred, imperial, kingly, patrician, thoroughbred, queenly, titled, wellborn

Examples from the Web for highborn

Contemporary Examples of highborn

Clarke felt that the violence against her highborn character, sold into marriage with a Dothraki warlord, strengthened Daenerys.
'Game of Thrones' Sexual Politics
Jace Lacob
June 5, 2011

Historical Examples of highborn

Can the highborn heiress of Earl Fitzgerald be served by one so humble?
Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2)
Jonathon Holt Ingraham
It is only for the lowborn virgin to be taught it by some highborn youth.
Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2)
Jonathon Holt Ingraham
Young, fair, and highborn, I may not choose on whom I will bestow my love!
Comic Tragedies
Louisa M. Alcott
He will be taken by her highborn family and educated, and he must forget all about his mamma.
Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed
Edna Ferber
And mind, this is not a sin of rich, and learned, and highborn men only.
Sermons on National Subjects
Charles Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for highborn

highborn

adjective

of noble or aristocratic birth

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Word Origin and History for highborn

adj.

also high-born, "of noble birth," c.1300, from high (adj.) + born.