true-born
Britishadjective
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To Berrio's English rival, Sir Walter Raleigh, Trinidad was to be the beginning of a South American empire, where Indians and true-born Englishmen would unite to destroy the power of Spain.
From Time Magazine Archive
But trouble fairly brims over when a man is born, as was Aubrey Menen, of an Irishwoman and a Hindu, is registered as a native Briton and educated like a true-born Englishman.
From Time Magazine Archive
Die for him, As ev'ry true-born, loyal, subject ought.
From The Orphan or, The Unhappy Marriage by Otway, Thomas
Notwithstanding which, that lion-hearted hero treated you with the forbearance of a true-born son of freedom.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
For the earth has a store of beauty Deep hid from our blinded eyes, And only the true-born poet Knows just where the treasure lies.
From Acanthus and Wild Grape by Call, Frank Oliver
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