Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title.
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Examples
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A final motive was that it reassigned the discovery of Francis Bacon's authorship from a "mad" American woman to a true-born Englishman, a quiet, retiring man of letters, an Oxford-educated rector from the heart of England.
"Contested Will" 2010
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Clearly, for example, it would be an outrage for true-born Americans to be governed by a dirty no-good Mex — oh, wait.
The International Community is not a fundamentally predatory force « Isegoria 2008
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Clearly, for example, it would be an outrage for true-born Americans to be governed by a dirty no-good Mex — oh, wait.
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A final motive was that it reassigned the discovery of Francis Bacon's authorship from a "mad" American woman to a true-born Englishman, a quiet, retiring man of letters, an Oxford-educated rector from the heart of England.
"Contested Will" 2010
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Up and down England men start to muster their forces and consider whether they would do better under a hated French queen with a true-born baby prince in her arms, or to follow the handsome and beloved Englishman, Richard of York, to wherever his ambition may take him.
The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010
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A final motive was that it reassigned the discovery of Francis Bacon's authorship from a "mad" American woman to a true-born Englishman, a quiet, retiring man of letters, an Oxford-educated rector from the heart of England.
"Contested Will" 2010
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Up and down England men start to muster their forces and consider whether they would do better under a hated French queen with a true-born baby prince in her arms, or to follow the handsome and beloved Richard of York.
The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009
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Up and down England men start to muster their forces and consider whether they would do better under a hated French queen with a true-born baby prince in her arms, or to follow the handsome and beloved Richard of York.
The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009
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Up and down England men start to muster their forces and consider whether they would do better under a hated French queen with a true-born baby prince in her arms, or to follow the handsome and beloved Richard of York.
The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009
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Intrust it to me, — under seal if you will, — and if such points he established, I will pledge my word as a — as a — as an honest man and a true-born Englishman, that the
Anne of Geierstein 2008
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