as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank
his patrician parents were very slow to accept his lowborn wife
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Recent Examples of lowborn
Newly added to the mix are lowborn dragonriders of Valyrian descent, Addam of Hull (whose father is Corlys Velaryon), Hugh and Ulf.
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Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Peter Claffey stars in the HBO drama as the lowborn Ser Duncan the Tall, who gains a squire in a Targaryen prince.
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Shauna Lyon,
New Yorker,
31 Oct. 2025
Ser Luthor Largent is introduced as a lowborn knight and office on the City Watch.
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Nick Romano,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Few spoke up for the man viewed by many as a lowborn upstart, but Cromwell, his faithful servant, was the exception, petitioning Henry at great risk to his own reputation.
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Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
Nor was there a payoff to the mounting tensions in capital city King’s Landing, where Rhaenyra’s lowborn advisor Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno) has been sowing the seeds of rebellion among the common people.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2024
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Peter Claffey stars in the HBO drama as the lowborn Ser Duncan the Tall, who gains a squire in a Targaryen prince.
—
Shauna Lyon,
New Yorker,
31 Oct. 2025
Ser Luthor Largent is introduced as a lowborn knight and office on the City Watch.
—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Few spoke up for the man viewed by many as a lowborn upstart, but Cromwell, his faithful servant, was the exception, petitioning Henry at great risk to his own reputation.
—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
Nor was there a payoff to the mounting tensions in capital city King’s Landing, where Rhaenyra’s lowborn advisor Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno) has been sowing the seeds of rebellion among the common people.
—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowborn
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Those groups also have lower access to drugs that can stop the transmission of HIV.
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Last winter was the second-warmest on record, according to the city’s ordinance, with record low snowpack almost everywhere.
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In recent years, more and more students from lower-class families have been able to attend universities.
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Linen and cotton, cooling garments, were too plebeian; the people posed nobly for street-style social-media accounts in leather jackets and low-slung jorts.
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This one is about a regular old guy, a hedge knight in the plebeian population of Westeros, just trying to get by in a world that isn't kind to the common and poor.
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The president can be assured that his low-life actions will eliminate him as a candidate to get to Heaven.
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Inside, everything was magically transformed into a 1930s Parisian low-life dive.
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Teoscar Hernández was back from a hamstring injury, and a little bit humble.
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America's favorite investment has changed over time In 2008, as the Great Recession descended, Americans picked the humble savings account (and the certificate of deposit) as their favorite long-term investment in Gallup polls.
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This is an ignoble war making monsters and fools out of its participants, and against the uncontrollable weapons that are dragons, everyone’s resolve is crumbling.
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The most memorable, and notorious, moment from the race was the ignoble exit of Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell.
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But West Virginia is a proletarian locale that until not long ago was a Democratic stronghold.
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These ranged from the aristocratic elite who dominated the military and bureaucracy and yearned for a return to monarchy, to communists who sought proletarian rule, to the National Socialists who wanted to establish a right-wing dictatorship.
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The Blues finished a lowly 10th in the Premier League table last season.
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Miller added that not only was Movie Night back, but us lowly fans are its curators.
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“Lowborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowborn. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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