Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of high or respectable birth; not of low origin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Born of a noble or respect able family; not of mean birth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective A
noble , describing someone born into theupper classes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of good or upper-class lineage
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Examples
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Visual references are stitched through the language - old women were called 'gauna,' literally 'hot milk-skin'; you spoke not of being good but of appearing good; the most precious possession in the city were the well-born, pulchritudinous young men, the kalos k'athagos - the 'noble in mind and appearance.'
"The Hemlock Cup," a history of Socrates Post 2011
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Visual references are stitched through the language - old women were called 'gauna,' literally 'hot milk-skin'; you spoke not of being good but of appearing good; the most precious possession in the city were the well-born, pulchritudinous young men, the kalos k'athagos - the 'noble in mind and appearance.'
"The Hemlock Cup," a history of Socrates Post 2011
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The daughters of the well-born still made their debuts at court.
Portraying an Enigma Paul Levy 2011
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He looked and had the feel of a well-born Eastern moderate Republican.
Someone Had a Good Week Peggy Noonan 2011
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As the well-born Kate Hardcastle she is obliged, somewhat ironically in view of her role in Corrie, to pose as a barmaid, but even she gets legitimate laughs by her hip-twitching gait and air of sexual mischief.
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It is not a recent phenomenon that the cleverest Ivy Leaguers have headed off to Wall Street; simply, in recent years the process has gotten more meritocratic and stopped being just slots for the well-born and well-connected.
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Since the 1960s, well-educated and often well-born men and women have followed Murdoch and made money in newspapers, the arts and television by debasing popular taste.
A chance to drag ourselves out of the gutter | Nick Cohen 2011
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I secretly watch the well-born ladies of the court: how they sit and speak and move and eat.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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I secretly watch the well-born ladies of the court: how they sit and speak and move and eat.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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He looked and had the feel of a well-born Eastern moderate Republican.
Someone Had a Good Week Peggy Noonan 2011
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