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ˈnatural-born, a.
[f. prec. + born ppl. a. Cf. native-born.]
Having a specified position or character by birth; used esp. with subject.
1583Exec. for Treason (1675) 43 D. Sanders a natural born Subject but an unnatural worn Priest. 1598W. Phillip tr. Linschoten (Hakl.) I. 184 The children of Mestiços are of colour and fashion like the naturall borne Countrimen. 1625in H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 21 Divers of the naturall-born subjects of this Kingdome..do..claim precedency of the Peers of this Realm. 1709Act 7 Anne c. 5 §3 The Children of all natural-born Subjects, born out of the Ligeance of her Majesty..shall be deemed..to be natural-born Subjects of this Kingdom. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. 370 The prince is always under a constant tie to protect his natural-born subjects. 1833Penny Cycl. I. 338/2 It is not true that every person, born out of the dominion of the crown, is therefore an alien; nor is a person born within them necessarily a natural-born subject. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. VI. xxvi. 27 Every one who first saw the light on the American soil was a natural-born American citizen. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 137 The chief being a natural-born idiot, came with two of his head men. |