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baseborn

 
Dictionary: base·born   (bās'bôrn') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Ignoble; contemptible.
    1. Born of unwed parents; illegitimate.
    2. Of humble birth.

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adjective

  1. Born to parents who are not married to each other: bastard, illegitimate, misbegotten, natural, spurious, unlawful. See kin, law.
  2. Lacking high station or birth: common, déclassé, declassed, humble, ignoble, lowly, mean, plebeian, unwashed, vulgar. Archaic base. See over/under.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
  Synonyms: base, humble, lowly

Meaning #2: (archaic) illegitimate
  Synonym: base


 
 
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