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LOWBORN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lowborn mean? 

LOWBORN (adjective)
  The adjective LOWBORN has 1 sense:

1. of humble birth or originsplay

  Familiarity information: LOWBORN used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOWBORN (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of humble birth or origins

Context example:

a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor

Similar:

base; baseborn; humble; lowly (of low birth or station ('base' is archaic in this sense))

common; plebeian; unwashed; vulgar (of or associated with the great masses of people)

folksy (belonging to the common people, especially in regard to speech patterns, attitudes, etc.)

ignoble; ungentle; untitled (not of the nobility)

Also:

low-class; lower-class (occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society)

Antonym:

noble (of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times)


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