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baseborn

[beys-bawrn] / ˈbeɪsˈbɔrn /


ADJECTIVE
illegitimate
Synonyms


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He scorned the feeble, ignorant, baseborn, wellborn, and those who loved him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only Robb and his baseborn half brother Jon Snow had been old enough to be worth his notice.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

First of all the knight has assailed him with words: he stoutly calls him baseborn fellow, for he could not conceal the mind he had of him.

From Cliges; a romance by Gardiner, Laetitia Jane

Jacob the supplanter, Jacob the changeling, Jacob the baseborn!

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John

One might be a noble and still not belong to the knightly order, and, on the other hand, one baseborn might be raised to knighthood on account of some valorous deed.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey