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true-born

true-born is the alternative form of trueborn.

Meaning of trueborn

Adjective

trueborn (comparative more trueborn, superlative most trueborn)

  1. Genuinely by birth; legitimate.
    • Young Ian's shoulders and thighs were dark with wet, and the rain dripped from the brim of his slouch hat, but he sat straight in the saddle, ignoring the weather with the stoic nonchalance of a trueborn Scot.1994, Diana Gabaldon, Voyager, Anchor Canada, published 2002, →ISBN

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Forms of true-born

comparativemore true-born
superlativemost true-born

Questions about true-born

What is true-born the alternative form of?
True-born is the alternative form of trueborn.

Words near true-born in the dictionary

  1. true yams
  2. true yeast
  3. true yeasts
  4. true-believer syndrome
  5. true-blue
  6. true-born
  7. true-bred
  8. true-false
  9. true-hearted
  10. true-life
  11. true-love knot

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