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wellborn

adjective

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as in aristocratic
of high birth, rank, or station the wellborn men among the colonists had no experience with physical labor

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“Wellborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wellborn. Accessed 10 Dec. 2022.

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