baseborn
3 synonyms and 2 antonyms for baseborn, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — (old-fashioned) Born to parents who were not married to each other.
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
(old-fashioned) Born to parents who were not married to each other.
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2. adj
(old-fashioned) Born into a poor or low social class.
“Non-Arabs, of whatever racial origin, were of course baseborn, but so too were many Arabs who, for one reason or another, were not full and free members of a tribe.”
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Etymology
Formed from base and born.
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