highborn

adj

1. (archaic, not-comparable)Of high social standing as a result of having been born a member of an upper-level social class.

   “I am too high-born to be propertied, To be a secondary at control.”

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

   “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.”

   “The young Irishman was not a little touched and elated by the high-born damsel's partiality for him.”

   “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?”

2. (archaic, not-comparable)Born a member of an upper-level social class (although not necessarily retaining high social standing)

   “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.”

   “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.”

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

3. (not-comparable)Of, pertaining to, or befitting people of high social standing.

   “In this illustrious throng, your lofty flood Swells high, fair confluence of all highborn Blood.”

   “I should have then Been trained in no highborn necessities Which I could meet not by my daily toil.”

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

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

4. (figuratively, not-comparable)Of superior or premium quality; magnificent; expensive.

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

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