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wellborn

[ wel-bawrn ]

/ ˈwɛlˈbɔrn /

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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 wellborn

That very night he ran away to Wellborn where the Federals were camping.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States |Work Projects Administration
And yet your good solicitorship, and rogue Wellborn, Were brought into her presence, feasted with her.

The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 |Various
This varlet, Wellborn, lives too long, to upbraid me With my close cheat put upon him.

The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 |Various
Wellborn, who presided, counted a quorum and declared the resolutions adopted.

Robert Toombs |Pleasant A. Stovall

Wellborn, comfortably trained, healthy and easy-natured, the world had always turned its pleasant side to him.

That Lass O' Lowrie's |Frances Hodgson Burnett