born to the purple
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English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of Ancient Greek πορφυρογέννητος (porphurogénnētos); purple was a luxury color reserved for the Byzantine imperial family.
Adjective
[edit]born to the purple (not comparable)
- Born and raised in a royal family.
- 1999, Anthony Richard Birley, Septimius Severus: the African emperor, page 57:
- No one had had any experience of an emperor like Commodus, a Caesar born to the purple.
- (loosely) Of children, born of prominent or high-ranking parents.
Translations
[edit]born and raised in a royal family
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children born of prominent or high-ranking parents