as in aristocratic
of high birth, rank, or station
as the highbred descendant of one of the state's oldest families, he bristled at being ordered about by an uncouth upstart
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Adjective
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Jessica Capshaw as Blythe HartCapshaw plays Blythe, Don's wife and the matriarch of an aristocratic Nashville family.—
Bryan West,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Oct. 2025 -
His aristocratic tastes are reflected in his various building projects, the remains of which have been excavated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There’s something noble in that.—
Elise Devlin,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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It was founded on noble ideas (rights of citizens, representative government), and the Revolution had produced its own mythology (Bunker’s Hill, heroes of seventy-six).—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Highbred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highbred. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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