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