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Definition of Highborn
1. Adjective. Belonging to the peerage. "The titled classes"
Definition of Highborn
1. a. Of noble birth.
Definition of Highborn
1. Adjective. (archaic) Of high social standing as a result of having been born a member of an upper-level social class. ¹
2. Adjective. (archaic) Born a member of an upper-level social class (although not necessarily retaining high social standing) ¹
3. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or befitting people of high social standing. ¹
4. Adjective. (figuratively) Of superior or premium quality; magnificent; expensive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Highborn
1. of noble birth [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Highborn
Literary usage of Highborn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Defense of Edgar Allan Poe: Life, Character and Dying Declarations of the by John J. Moran (1885)
"... My beautiful ANNABEL LEE ; So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away
from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. ..."
2. The Conquest of Canada by George Warburton (1849)
"of the Ursulines was founded by the pious and highborn Madame de la Pel trie.1 The
partial success and subsequent failure of Champlain and his Indian allies ..."
3. The Hundred Boston Orators Appointed by the Municipal Authorities and Other by James Spear Loring (1853)
"BENJAMIN highborn. . JULY 4, 1781. FOR THE TOWN AUTHORITIES. THE quotation
herewith, from this patriotic oration on the union of States, and the dangers of ..."
4. The Captivity of Hans Stade of Hesse: In A.D. 1547-1555, Among the Wild by Hans Staden, Albert Tootal, Richard Francis Burton (1874)
"... To the Serene and highborn Prince and Lord, the LOKD PHILIPSEN, Landgrave in
Hesse, ... highborn ..."
5. Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations in Charge by United States Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations (1901)
"Admiral highborn. Yes, sir; especially on the foreign stations ... Admiral highborn.
Eighty thousand dollars; yes, sir; that is submitted by another bureau ..."
6. Fifty Years of My Life in the World of Sport at Home and Abroad by John Dugdale Astley (1895)
"... 2 Years—Table of Running for Year—Hard Up —I Sell Peter to Richard Combe
for £6000—Struggle on Afresh- Archer and Edensor—highborn and ..."
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