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View definitions for well-born

well-born

adjective as in aristocratic

adjective as in blue-blooded

adjective as in gentle

adjective as in polished

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He has the public persona of a well-born man who has upon occasion been a tourist among the disadvantaged.

For yourselves, O well-born Maruts, the vigorous among you shake the stone for distilling Soma.

He was as well-born as they were, and had been better off until Xenie had married the old millionaire.

And the estates—a little involved, doubtless, like those of most well-born folk in these ill days?

Let her not be poor, how generous (well-born) soever; for a man can buy nothing in the market with gentility.

I replied that I was a gentleman, I trusted as well educated, and I knew as well-born, as himself.

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On this page you'll find 89 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to well-born, such as: courtly, dignified, elegant, haughty, noble, and patrician.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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