lowborn
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of lowborn
First recorded in 1175–1225, lowborn is from the Middle English word lohiboren. See low 1, born
Example Sentences
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But Jan. 28, 1922, was also emblematic of the city itself, a place where out-of-town politicians and foreign diplomats lived among native-born locals, where the well-born and the lowborn could share armrests.
From Washington Post
A forbidden romance between highborn and lowborn Indians, and a revolt among the villagers when a medical intervention is unsuccessful, are negligible subplots.
From New York Times
Bennett, a coaching savant since starting his career with consecutive 26-win seasons at lowborn hoops outpost Washington State, just achieved the ultimate validation.
From Washington Post
In the farming heartlands of Ayrshire, it caught the attention of a lowborn farmer, ambitious for greater things.
From BBC
There are several checkerboard tunics of the kind worn by Atahualpa, the Inca king, at his first meeting with Francisco Pizarro, the lowborn Spanish conquistador.
From Washington Post
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