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 Ballad offers new insight into how the Capitol’s leading families viewed the rest of Panem, especially anyone “district,” like Coriolanus’ rich but lowborn friend, Sejanus.
From Slate • May 22, 2020
As Thomas Cromwell, More’s prosecutorial nemesis, Todd Cerveris has thuggishness enough but not the bristling intelligence that elevated the lowborn Cromwell to power.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2019
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 • Mar. 2, 2018
Jon — along with nearly everyone else in Westeros — believes he is the illegitimate son of Ned Stark and a lowborn woman.
From Time • Aug. 16, 2017
Even as Davos spoke, he thought, This world is twisted beyond hope, when lowborn smugglers must vouch for the honor of kings.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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