wellborn
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9.1
- adjective
- /ˈwɛlˌbɔrn/
- Archaic
- The wellborn guests at the gala mingled with great confidence and poise.
Examples
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One has to be wellborn, under 19, and unmarried.
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Or was it that Reiter was too cultured, too rich, too wellborn to indulge in such distasteful activities?
Fiction book (1991) -
I'm not so wellborn.
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She comes from a wellborn family with a long history of aristocracy.
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Many believe that a wellborn upbringing often provides advantages in society.
Synonyms
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4.3
Belonging to the richest and most powerful people in society
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4.4
Being from a high social family by birth
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7.2
Like people from rich, important families who have high social rank
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8.2
A person who comes from a royal or noble family and has high social rank
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7.5
A person from a noble or upper-class family
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7.4
A person from a noble or wealthy family with polite, refined manners
Antonyms
How Noble
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3.1
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7.2
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4.4
- Archaic
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9.1
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- Archaic
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7.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wellborn is made from the simple parts well and born, originally meaning 'born well' or 'born into a good family'. So, wellborn describes someone who comes from a noble or upper-class background.