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

In Paris, it was only in 1789 that lowborn women so actively tried to shape the course of history, and even then, such interventions were all too rare.

From Time

"I am a lowborn, miserable villain," declared the Chief Steward, humbly.

From Project Gutenberg

The churl should not have the same wergeld as the thane because he is lowborn.

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She would rather slay that lowborn artisan with her own hand than know that he had the right to claim her as his mother-in-law.

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Should he be more cowardly, baser, weaker than the lowborn and wretched?

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The villain is a villain because he is the son of a lowborn and base stonemason.

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Related Words

• humble
• miserable
• petty
• vulgar