as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank
his patrician parents were very slow to accept his lowborn wife
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Recent Examples of lowborn
Newly added to the mix are lowborn dragonriders of Valyrian descent, Addam of Hull (whose father is Corlys Velaryon), Hugh and Ulf.
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Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Peter Claffey stars in the HBO drama as the lowborn Ser Duncan the Tall, who gains a squire in a Targaryen prince.
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Shauna Lyon,
New Yorker,
31 Oct. 2025
Ser Luthor Largent is introduced as a lowborn knight and office on the City Watch.
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Nick Romano,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Often described as the lowborn son of a blacksmith, he was born around 1485 in Putney, a village west of the City of London.
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Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
Nor was there a payoff to the mounting tensions in capital city King’s Landing, where Rhaenyra’s lowborn advisor Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno) has been sowing the seeds of rebellion among the common people.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2024
Question 1 Who are Jon Snow's parents? A. Ned Stark and Catelyn Stark
B. Ned Stark and a lowborn woman
C. Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen
D. Lyanna Stark and Robert Baratheon
Correct!
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Megan McCluskey,
Time,
27 June 2017
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Peter Claffey stars in the HBO drama as the lowborn Ser Duncan the Tall, who gains a squire in a Targaryen prince.
—
Shauna Lyon,
New Yorker,
31 Oct. 2025
Ser Luthor Largent is introduced as a lowborn knight and office on the City Watch.
—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Often described as the lowborn son of a blacksmith, he was born around 1485 in Putney, a village west of the City of London.
—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
Nor was there a payoff to the mounting tensions in capital city King’s Landing, where Rhaenyra’s lowborn advisor Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno) has been sowing the seeds of rebellion among the common people.
—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2024
Question 1 Who are Jon Snow's parents? A. Ned Stark and Catelyn Stark
B. Ned Stark and a lowborn woman
C. Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen
D. Lyanna Stark and Robert Baratheon
Correct!
—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
27 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowborn
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
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The proposal was designed to help stabilize the state budget and eliminate a structural deficit through July 2028, while also protecting smaller businesses with lower tax liability.
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In recent years, more and more students from lower-class families have been able to attend universities.
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This one is about a regular old guy, a hedge knight in the plebeian population of Westeros, just trying to get by in a world that isn't kind to the common and poor.
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Below that sits the pedestrian CLK 500 and plebeian CLK 350.
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The president can be assured that his low-life actions will eliminate him as a candidate to get to Heaven.
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Inside, everything was magically transformed into a 1930s Parisian low-life dive.
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Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator.
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Oxygen transfer involves several interacting processes; many of them converge at the humble cork.
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This is an ignoble war making monsters and fools out of its participants, and against the uncontrollable weapons that are dragons, everyone’s resolve is crumbling.
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The most memorable, and notorious, moment from the race was the ignoble exit of Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell.
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But West Virginia is a proletarian locale that until not long ago was a Democratic stronghold.
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These ranged from the aristocratic elite who dominated the military and bureaucracy and yearned for a return to monarchy, to communists who sought proletarian rule, to the National Socialists who wanted to establish a right-wing dictatorship.
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Argentina won the last World Cup after losing its opener to lowly Saudi Arabia, Portugal won Euro 2016 after sneaking into the knockouts following three draws in the group stage and Spain won the 2010 World Cup after losing its opening match to Switzerland.
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Put differently, only the lowly Colorado Rockies have a worse record than the Giants in the National League.
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“Lowborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowborn. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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