LOWBORN Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

lowborn

adjective

ˈlō-ˈbȯrn

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 on the Web 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 Gawain, himself, is pissed that their lord father has been unseated as Hand by such a lowborn creature. —

Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 1 July 2024 Instead, Nero fell hard for a lowborn freedwoman named Acte. —

Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020 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 The Gilbert and Sullivan operetta tells the story of a ship captain’s daughter who falls in love with a lowborn sailor, against her father’s wishes. —

Jillian S. Jarrett, Washington Post, 17 May 2017 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

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