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highborn

[hahy-bawrn]

adjective

  1. of high rank by birth.



highborn

/ ˈɪˌɔː /

adjective

  1. of noble or aristocratic birth

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of highborn1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; high, born
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Fans from America to Europe to Australia bought his books and flocked to his one-man shows, and his potent doses of humor and hard truth enthralled both the highborn and the humble.

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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.

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All this highborn posturing has a steep price in human lives, reminding us that viewing violence as entertainment isn’t a noble impulse.

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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.

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Historically, British queens have tapped highborn “ladies-in-waiting” to provide company to the monarch and serve as personal assistants and loyal friends.

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