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Definition of "wellborn" [wellborn]

  • Of good lineage or stock. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "wellborn" in a sentence
  • "His children were called "wellborn," and when he died, his widow was treated as a lady of position, and that was "something.""
  • "One day, Derren attracted a rebellious wellborn, Salusch, as they called the lovely Saluschious Terrishial."
  • "The first are the rich and wellborn, the other the mass of the people ...."