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trueborn

UK/ˈtɹuː.bɔːn//ˈtɹuː.boɹn/

trueborn adjective: genuinely by birth; legitimate.

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
    • She might have overlooked a dozen bastards for Ned's sake, so long as they were out of sight. Jon was never out of sight, and as he grew, he looked more like Ned than any of the trueborn sons she bore him.1996, George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones, Bantam Books, →ISBN

Noun

trueborn (plural trueborns)

  1. A person of legitimate birth.

Forms of trueborn

Adjective
comparativemore trueborn
superlativemost trueborn
alternative formtrue-born
Noun
pluraltrueborns

Origin of trueborn

From true + born.

Questions about trueborn

What does trueborn mean?
Trueborn means genuinely by birth; legitimate.
What part of speech is trueborn?
Trueborn can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce trueborn?
Trueborn is pronounced /ˈtɹuː.bɔːn/ (UK).

Words near trueborn in the dictionary

  1. Truebies
  2. Trueblood
  3. Truebloods
  4. trueblue
  5. trueblues
  6. trueborn
  7. trueborns
  8. truebred
  9. truecel
  10. truecels
  11. truechimer

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