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well-born

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adjective

  1. having been born into a wealthy or upper-class family

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There were too many well-born women in Ebel’s flock, the unhappy wives of landowners and aristocrats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Boojie tech-baby of upward-reaching parents, illegally modified to fool the world into considering her as good as the well-born.

From Nature • May 26, 2020

Being well-born entailed a commitment to duty and a requirement to live up to certain expectations.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2018

Headstrong, well-born Annabella Milbanke had been clear about what she wanted in a husband.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2018

She explained to the frantic boy that this charm would cut the pains and assure him of a fine, well-born baby.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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