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baseborn

adj

Etymology

From base + born.

  1. derived from *beraną✻ — “to bear, carry”
  2. inherited from *buranaz✻
  3. inherited from *boran✻
  4. inherited from boren
  5. inherited from born
  6. compounded as baseborn — “base + born”

Definitions

  1. bastard, illegitimate

  2. Of lowly birth.

    • And while the baſe borne Tartars take it vp, You fighting more for honor than for gold: Shall maſſacre those greedie minded ſlaues.
    • Non-Arabs, of whatever racial origin, were of course baseborn, but so too were many Arabs who, for one reason or another, were not full and free members of a tribe.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA