lowborn

Definitions of lowborn
  1. adjective
    of humble birth or origins
    “a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor”
    synonyms:
    low-class, lower-class
    occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society
    base, baseborn, humble, lowly
    of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
    common, plebeian, unwashed, vulgar
    of or associated with the great masses of people
    ignoble, ungentle, untitled
    not of the nobility
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    antonyms:
    noble
    of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times
    aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician
    belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
    august, grand, lordly
    of or befitting a lord
    coroneted, highborn, titled
    belonging to the peerage
    imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal
    belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
    kinglike, kingly
    having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king
    monarchal, monarchical
    having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch
    princely
    having the rank of or befitting a prince
    queenlike, queenly
    having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen
    royal
    being of the rank of a monarch
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