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
Targaryens often place dragon eggs in cribs with their highborn babies with the hope that their hatchlings will naturally bond with them, which doesn’t always happen.
From Salon • Jul. 23, 2024
Ships, especially warships, were microcosms of society at large, filled with young boys and teenagers and old men, the uneducated and the highborn, all speaking a particular language.
From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2023
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
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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