well-born

Example Sentences

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Well-born Hawaiians celebrate their connections and ancestry with organizations such as the Kaahumanu Society, named for Kamehameha I’s wife.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022

Well-born women held “spinning bees,” at which they competed to see who could spin the most and the finest linen.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Well-born people may have become poor, very poor, but they must live to outward appearance as if they were rich.

From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden

Why should you, or I, wish to see an utter stranger again? and one so low--not low perhaps--but one who is surely not altogether a very suitable companion for"-- "Well-born ladies, you would say.

From The Red Rover by Cooper, James Fenimore

Well-born and accustomed to wealth all his life, he matched her pride with a pride as great, and made his offer on his feet as if he were conferring as much as he should receive.

From An Original Belle by Roe, Edward Payson