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well-born

well-born adjective: noble; born into the upper classes.

Adjective

well-born (comparative more well-born, superlative most well-born)

  1. Noble; born into the upper classes.
    • Near-synonyms: born to the purple, born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, to the manor born

well-born meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Sanskrit

well-born in Tamil

நற்குடிப் பிறந்த, உயர்குடிப் பிறந்த

well-born in Malayalam

കുലീന, തറവാടി, ആഢ്യജാതനായ

well-born in Kannada

ಕುಲೀನ, ಉತ್ತಮವಂಶದ

well-born in Sanskrit

describing someone born into the upper classes
आजानेय ājāneya

Synonyms of well-born

Forms of well-born

comparativemore well-born
superlativemost well-born

Questions about well-born

What does well-born mean?
Well-born means noble; born into the upper classes.
What is well-born in Tamil?
Well-born in Tamil is நற்குடிப் பிறந்த, உயர்குடிப் பிறந்த. See Well-born meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is well-born?
Well-born is an adjective.

Words near well-born in the dictionary

  1. well-beings
  2. well-beloved
  3. well-beseen
  4. well-boat
  5. well-boats
  6. well-born
  7. well-bred
  8. well-breeched
  9. well-brought-up
  10. well-built
  11. well-child clinic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: well-born (page history and authors); well-born (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); well-born (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); well-born (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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