highborn

adjective

high·​born ˈhī-ˈbȯrn 

: of noble birth

Synonyms of highborn

• aristocratic
• noble

Examples of highborn in a Sentence

skeptics have argued that these dramatic masterpieces must have been written by someone more highborn than one William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon

Recent Examples on the Web

But another petitioner, Sylvi, brings a troubling complaint against King’s Landing’s highborn, who filled their storehouses while the city’s normies struggled to fill their dinner plates. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026

The Bronze Age cemetery likely held highborn warriors, contemporaries of Ulysses, but perhaps a queenly mother lay among them. — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026

In the dying days of the Russian Empire, highborn ladies would willingly cut the dirty fingernails of the peasant Grigori Rasputin and then sew the clippings onto their dresses like sacred talismans. — Gerard Degroot, Air Mail, 25 Apr. 2026

But his background is closer to that of George, the highborn son. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

highborn

adjective

high·​born ˈhī-ˈbȯ(ə)rn 

: of noble birth