Definition of Baseborn

1. Adjective. Of low birth or station ('base' is archaic in this sense). "Of humble (or lowly) birth"

Exact synonyms: Base, Humble, Lowly
Similar to: Lowborn
Derivative terms: Humbleness

2. Adjective. Illegitimate.
Exact synonyms: Base
Language type: Archaicism, Archaism
Similar to: Illegitimate

Definition of Baseborn

1. a. Born out of wedlock.

Definition of Baseborn

1. Adjective. bastard, illegitimate ¹

2. Adjective. Of lowly birth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Baseborn

1. of low birth [adj]

Medical Definition of Baseborn

1. 1. Born out of wedlock. 2. Born of low parentage. 3. Vile; mean. "Thy baseborn heart." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baseborn

baseball mitt
baseball play
baseball player
baseball score
baseball season
baseball swing
baseball team
baseballer
baseballers
baseband
basebands
baseboard
baseboarding
baseboards
baseborn (current term)
baseburner
baseburners
basecamp
basecamps
based
based(p)
based on
basedoid
basedowian
basehead
baseheads
baseis
baselard
baselards

Literary usage of Baseborn

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Parish Registers of Ledsham: In the County of York. 1539-1812 by Ledsham, Eng. (Yorkshire) Parish, John William Clay (1906)
"Hannah Daughter of Mary Wales of Fairburn baseborn Feb?- 26. George Son of Isaac Clegg of Fairburn Feb1^- 26th- Edward Son of Benjamin Johnson of Fairburn ..."

2. Publications by Surrey Parish Register Society (1905)
"8 Wilson baseborn dau. of Sarah Singleton. 13 Richard son of Tho' Urlwin. ... 20 Eliz. baseborn dau. of [Z'/ani] Yates. ,, Harriott Eliz. dau. of Henry and ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1822)
"By the bones of St. Jerome, but I have a mind to cut out thy tongue, thou lying slave," replied Juan : " who art thou to thou me, and taunt me as baseborn ? ..."

4. The Registers of the Parish Church of Methley, in the County of York, from by George Denison Lumb (1903)
"... ye baseborn son of Sarah Arnold *• "William, son of Robert & Elizabeth Butterfield I- Elizabeth, dr of John & Elizabeth Hughson of Oulton *5- Ann, ..."

5. The Scottish Antiquary, Or, Northern Notes & Queries edited by Arthur Washington Cornelius Hallen, John Horne Stevenson (1894)
"Thomas, baseborn son of late Thomas Gouts, ... Helene, baseborn daughter of John Carrall, Englishman, and Elizabeth Gillespie. ,, Sep. 16. ..."

6. The Publications of the Surrey Parish Register Society by Surrey Parish Register Society (1905)
"12 Rebecca baseborn dau. of [Hank] & Eliz" Allen. 8 Stephen Fry baseborn son of Rob' Fry and 29 Martha dau. of lohn Fear. Feb. 3 Will™ son of In0 Parker. io ..."

7. Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries by Mitchell Carroll, Alfred Brittain, Edward Bagby Pollard, Pierce Butler, John Robert Effinger, Hugo Paul Thieme, Hermann Schoenfeld, Bartlett Burleigh James, John Ruse Larus (1907)
"For they honor money; and the noble weds the baseborn, and the base the highborn; wealth has mixed the race. ..."

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