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born in the purple

born in the purple is the alternative form of born to the purple.

Meaning of born to the purple

Adjective

born to the purple (not comparable)

  1. Born and raised in a royal family.
    • No one had had any experience of an emperor like Commodus, a Caesar born to the purple.1999, Anthony Richard Birley, Septimius Severus: the African emperor, page 57
  2. (broadly) Of children, born of prominent or high-ranking parents.
    • Near-synonyms: to the manor born, born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

Questions about born in the purple

What is born in the purple the alternative form of?
Born in the purple is the alternative form of born to the purple.

Words near born in the purple in the dictionary

  1. born at night but not last night
  2. born digital
  3. born in a barn
  4. born in a mill
  5. born in mind
  6. born in the purple
  7. born in the vestry
  8. born loser
  9. born losers
  10. Born rigidity
  11. Born rule

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