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ˈhigh-born, a.
Born in a high rank of society; of noble birth.
a1300Cursor M. 14236 Lazar was a heie-born man. 1728Pope Dunc. i. 297 High-born Howard, more majestic sire. 1780E. Perronet Hymn, ‘All hail the Power’ ii, Let high-born Seraphs tune the lyre. a1859Macaulay Hist. Eng. xxiii. V. 30 The posterity of a highborn beggar.
fig.1871J. Miller Songs Italy (1878) 13 The high-born beautiful snow came down. |