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1. puhekieltä Of high social standing as a result of having been born a member of an upper-level social class.

2. 1596, w:William_Shakespeare William Shakespeare , King John, act 5 scene 2:

I am too high-born to be propertied,

To be a secondary at control.

3. 1672, w:Thomas_Watson_(Puritan) Thomas Watson, "The Righteous Man's Excellency" in A plea for the Godly, Thomas Parkhurst, page 95:

It is not for Kings to drink wine, nor for Princes strong drink. It becomes not them who are highborn to be intemperate.

4. 1781, w:Samuel_Johnson Samuel Johnson, "Waller" in Lives of the Poets:

His acquaintance with this high-born dame gave wit no opportunity of boasting its influence; she was not to be subdued by the powers of verse, but rejected his addresses, it is said, with disdain.

5. 1857, w:William_Makepeace_Thackeray William Makepeace ThackerayThe Virginians, chapter 63:

The young Irishman was not a little touched and elated by the highborn damsel's partiality for him.

6. 1920, w:Joseph_Conrad Joseph Conrad, The Rescue, chapter 4:

Was he not Rajah Hassim and was not the other a man of strong heart, of strong arm, of proud courage, a man great enough to protect highborn princes?

7. 2007 July 14, Lesley White, "http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,22069418-2703,00.html Face of Tories' new deal—Gordon Brown is enjoying a honeymoon now," The Australian:

He is a career rather than a conviction politician, but too highborn to be written off as a mere scaler of the greasy pole. He is a scion of the class that, deep down, believes it was born to rule.

8. puhekieltä Born a member of an upper-level social class (although not necessarily retaining high social standing)

9. 1848, w:Thomas_Babington_Macaulay Thomas Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume 5, chapter 23:

The selfish, base, covetous, father-in-law was not at all desirous to have a highborn beggar and the posterity of a highborn beggar to maintain.

10. 1996, Peter F. Ainsworth, "'The Letter Killeth': Law and Spirit in Marie De France's Lay of Le Fresne," French Studies, volume L, no. 1 (Jan.), page 5:

The references to the lady's long-standing affection for her loyal, high-born servant girl provide a succinct intimation that the lady herself is not a wholly repellent character.

11. 2007 March 9, "http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/35780 Travelling to his African home" Church Times (UK), iss. 7513:

Mrs Monteith was able to tell her son about their high-born slave ancestor because he had left a memoir.

12. Of, pertaining to, or befitting people of high social standing.

13. 1670, Richard Crashaw, "To the Queen's Majesty on Twelfth-day" in Steps to the temple; The delights of the Muses; and, Carmen Deo Nostro, Herringman (London):

In this illustrious throng, your lofty flood

Swells high, fair confluence of all highborn Blood.

14. 1820, w:Percy_Bysshe_Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cenci, act 2, scene 2.2:

I should have then

Been trained in no highborn necessities

Which I could meet not by my daily toil.

15. 1996, Jayne M. Blanchard, "Cherry Jubilee: New artistic director Joe Dowling sees the comedy in Chekhov and intends to bring a lighter 'Cherry Orchard' to the Guthrie Stage," St. Paul Pioneer Press, 17 June, page 8B:

Dowling says that most performances of Chekhov plays have been filtered through translations into a British highborn sensibility.

16. 2002 May 28, Kevin B. Blackistone, "Baffert trained for the spotlight," The Dallas Morning News:

If anyone in the highborn sport known as thoroughbred horse racing has swagger these days, it is Baffert.

17. puhekieltä Of superior or premium quality; magnificent; expensive.

18. 2007, "http://www.vetteweb.com/features/vemp_0705_1999_corvette_frc/index.html 1999 Corvette FRC - All The King's Horses," Vette Web:

The tires are highborn Pirelli P Zeroes in appropriately majestic sizes.

19. 2007 July 18, "http://www.beachconnection.net/oregon_coast/071807Seaside_oregon.php Oregon Coast Travel Tips: Complete Tour of Seaside," beachconnection.net:

Gearhart is worth taking a bit of time to ogle the highborn homes along the backroads near the beach.

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