lowborn

adjective

low·​born ˈlō-ˈbȯrn 

: born in a low condition or rank

Synonyms of lowborn

• low
• lower-class
• plebeian
• low-life
• humble
• ignoble
• proletarian
• lowly
• inferior
• unwashed
• baseborn
• vulgar
• lumpen
• common
• poor

Examples of lowborn in a Sentence

his patrician parents were very slow to accept his lowborn wife

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for lowborn

• adorn
• airborne
• blackthorn
• broomcorn
• buckhorn
• buckthorn
• careworn
• firstborn
• foodborne
• forborne
• forewarn
• forlorn