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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of aristocratic or high-ranking birth not-comparable

   "Of Scotch descent and wellborn, Thomas Scott had, as a boy, been a page at the French Court[…"

Adjective

1. 1
   of good or upper-class lineage wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

full bloodedthoroughbredupper classwell-bred

Example

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"Of Scotch descent and wellborn, Thomas Scott had, as a boy, been a page at the French Court[…"

Etymology

From well + born.

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