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
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.
—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
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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Kelly Clarkson Home Valentin Striped Indoor/Outdoor Area Rug Powerloomed for durability, this low-pile rug works well both outdoors on a patio or indoors in high-traffic areas like mudrooms.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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ValenSil serves as a microcosm of a broader shift in the US labor market to a low-hire, low-fire environment that is likely to be highlighted when the February jobs report is released Friday morning.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 Jan. 2026
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Below that sits the pedestrian CLK 500 and plebeian CLK 350.—
Jeremy Korzeniewski,
Robb Report,
26 Feb. 2025
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This low-life is lying in my jail, getting three meals a day, whining and crying.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
29 Nov. 2025
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Their father, my grandfather, was a career low-life criminal and was in jail all the time for forgery and conning people.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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If your child accomplished something great, here's how to offer praise while keeping them humble, modest, and appreciative.—
Wayne Parker,
Parents,
8 Mar. 2026
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All of Mabel’s new forest friends—there are deer, rabbits, turtles, raccoons, and a singularly gloomy bear—bow down to a beaver sovereign, King George (Bobby Moynihan), a gregarious and naïve soul who embraces a humble, communal ideal of living.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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But her flame was dimmed for far too long by one ignoble record: having the longest streak in Daytime Emmys history of nominations without a win.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Feb. 2026
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Here, however, Makowsky examines a purely ignoble figure who feels entitled without accomplishing a thing.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
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But West Virginia is a proletarian locale that until not long ago was a Democratic stronghold.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Time,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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The maid, in Pistol’s chivalrous estimation, belonged to their lowly number.—
Taran Dugal,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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Orlando will have a chance to bounce back this week against two lowly squads, first against the 16-win Wizards on Tuesday and then the 21-win Mavericks on Thursday.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2026
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That has pushed it to explore asymmetric warfare, in which smaller or technologically inferior forces look for ways to frustrate or exhaust the enemy.—
Jane Lytvynenko,
NBC news,
3 Mar. 2026
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Right now, the Angels have an inferior product in an aging stadium, and visions of a new or refurbished ballpark and surrounding development stalled after talks between the club and the city crashed on the rocks a couple of seasons ago.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Lowborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowborn. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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