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lowborn

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low·born  (lbôrn)
adj.
Of humble birth.

lowborn [ˌləʊˈbɔːn], lowbred [ˌləʊˈbrɛd]
adj Now rare
of ignoble or common parentage; not royal or noble
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Adj.1.lowborn - of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor"
low-class, lower-class - occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society
noble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth"
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lowborn [ˈləʊˈbɔːn] ADJde humilde cuna


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"I am a lowborn, miserable villain," declared the Chief Steward, humbly.
A dozen bands of cut-throats he had driven from the Derby hills, and though the barons would much rather have had all the rest than he, the peasants worshipped him as a deliverer from the lowborn murderers who had been wont to despoil the weak and lowly and on whose account the women of the huts and cottages had never been safe.
 
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