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wellborn

[ wel-bawrn ]

/ ˈwɛlˈbɔrn /

adjective

born of a good, noble, or highly esteemed family.

noun

(used with a plural verb) wellborn persons collectively (usually preceded by the): the pride and assurance of the wellborn.

Origin of wellborn

before 950; Middle English; Old English welboren. See well¹, born

Words nearby wellborn

welland, welland canal, welland ship canal, wellaway, wellbeing, wellborn, wellbutrin, welldoing, weller, welles, welles, orson

Example sentences from the Web for well-born

He has the public persona of a well-born man who has upon occasion been a tourist among the disadvantaged.

Ann Romney's Milk-and-Cookies Style Emphasizes Mitt's Softer Side |Robin Givhan |December 20, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
There would be the two hundred thousand pounds; and there was the girl, beautiful, well-born, and thoroughly well-mannered.

The Duke's Children |Anthony Trollope
To the well-born child all the virtues are natural, and not painfully acquired.

Essays, First Series |Ralph Waldo Emerson
"But the cracker may have a most gallant and well-born origin, my dear," the Major replied.

An Arkansas Planter |Opie Percival Read

Are we, my father—we, two well-born gentlemen—coveters of gold or lackeys of the great?

Kenelm Chillingly, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Children have the right to ask of parents that they be well-born.

Child Versus Parent |Stephen Wise

British Dictionary definitions for well-born

well-born

adjective (well born when postpositive)

having been born into a wealthy or upper-class family