lowborn

[ loh-bawrn ]

adjective

1. of humble birth.

lowborn

/ ˌləʊˈbrɛd; ˌləʊˈbɔːn /

adjective

1. of ignoble or common parentage; not royal or noble

Word History and Origins

Origin of lowborn¹

First recorded in 1175–1225, lowborn is from the Middle English word lohiboren. See low ¹, born

Example Sentences

But Jan. 28, 1922, was also emblematic of the city itself, a place where out-of-town politicians and foreign diplomats lived among native-born locals, where the well-born and the lowborn could share armrests.

From Washington Post

A forbidden romance between highborn and lowborn Indians, and a revolt among the villagers when a medical intervention is unsuccessful, are negligible subplots.

From New York Times

Bennett, a coaching savant since starting his career with consecutive 26-win seasons at lowborn hoops outpost Washington State, just achieved the ultimate validation.

From Washington Post

In the farming heartlands of Ayrshire, it caught the attention of a lowborn farmer, ambitious for greater things.

From BBC

There are several checkerboard tunics of the kind worn by Atahualpa, the Inca king, at his first meeting with Francisco Pizarro, the lowborn Spanish conquistador.

From Washington Post

Related Words

• humble
• miserable
• petty
• vulgar