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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being authentically such by birth.
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Examples
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But Arses was the trueborn heir, and fit to lead us.
The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972
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Besides, I do not believe that the trueborn Englishman in his secret soul relishes the pose of
New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index Various
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Any trueborn Appleboron would be equally sorry for
Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man Marie Conway Oemler 1905
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Mrs. Gould, accompanying her husband all over the province in the search for labour, had seen the land with a deeper glance than a trueborn Costaguanera could have done.
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Mrs. Gould, accompanying her husband all over the province in the search for labour, had seen the land with a deeper glance than a trueborn Costaguanera could have done.
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Mrs. Gould, accompanying her husband all over the province in the search for labour, had seen the land with a deeper glance than a trueborn Costaguanera could have done.
Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Joseph Conrad 1890
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Roger Hall had naturally all the contempt of a trueborn man of Kent for the dwellers in "the shires," which practically meant everybody in
All's Well Alice's Victory Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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It's a philosophy that has won him admirers in high places: "Never mind all the best sellers and all the stereotypes - this man is a genuine, trueborn writer," Cynthia Ozick told The Times Magazine in 2000.
NYT > Home Page By GREGORY COWLES 2011
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Foreigners ate the bread out of the mouths of trueborn
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy) 1721
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The most important event in Westeros' recent history is the Blackfyre Rebellion, when the eldest bastard son of King Aegon IV attempted to supplant his trueborn brother and seize the Iron Throne.
The Mystery Knight by George R.R. Martin Adam Whitehead 2010
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