wellborn

See also: Wellborn and well-born

English

Etymology

From well +‎ born.

Adjective

wellborn (not comparable)

1. Of aristocratic or high-ranking birth
   • 1885, Annie Besant, Autobiographical Sketches‎^[1]:

     Of Scotch descent and wellborn, Thomas Scott had, as a boy, been a page at the French Court […] .

   • 2001 July 13, Ann Sterzinger, “Road Rage”, in Chicago Reader‎^[2]:

     Morris said Chicago's transit system responds primarily to the needs of "the rich and the wellborn."

Anagrams

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