Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to the place or country by birth; native; not foreign.
- Originating at home; pertaining to one's home; domestic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Native; indigenous; not foreign.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the home or family.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective that which is born in a given place,
native ,indigenous
Etymologies
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Examples
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Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
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Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
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Such crossing is antechristian of course, but the use of the homeborn shillelagh as an aid to calligraphy shows a distinct advance from savagery to barbarism.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
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One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
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England, that they are not bound to pay, ouer and besides their ancient customs, but onely xl. d, more then the homeborn marchants of England were wont to pay.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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¶ Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
Jeremiah 2. 1999
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One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
Exodus 12. 1999
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Is Israel a bondman, or a homeborn slave? why then is he become a prey?
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Is Israel a bondman, or a homeborn slave? why then is he become a prey?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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