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
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.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Often described as the lowborn son of a blacksmith, he was born around 1485 in Putney, a village west of the City of London.
—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
Question 1 Who are Jon Snow's parents? A. Ned Stark and Catelyn Stark
B. Ned Stark and a lowborn woman
C. Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen
D. Lyanna Stark and Robert Baratheon
Correct!
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 27 June 2017
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
Often described as the lowborn son of a blacksmith, he was born around 1485 in Putney, a village west of the City of London.
—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
Question 1 Who are Jon Snow's parents? A. Ned Stark and Catelyn Stark
B. Ned Stark and a lowborn woman
C. Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen
D. Lyanna Stark and Robert Baratheon
Correct!
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 27 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowborn
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The group, originally signed to RCA Records, released two albums of bustling synth pop and opened for Harry Styles in the late twenty-tens but was cast off in the early days of the pandemic owing to low sales.—
Dan Stahl,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Senators Chris Murphy and Ruben Gallego have spoken publicly about wanting to pursue this, and Bedoya notes that there’s precedent for this action, citing Democrats’ recent introduction of a bill to break up the meatpacking industry to create lower prices for consumers.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 Jan. 2026
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Below that sits the pedestrian CLK 500 and plebeian CLK 350.—
Jeremy Korzeniewski,
Robb Report,
26 Feb. 2025
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The president can be assured that his low-life actions will eliminate him as a candidate to get to Heaven.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Inside, everything was magically transformed into a 1930s Parisian low-life dive.—
Hamish Bowles,
Vogue,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Stribing was equal parts humble, low key and polite — not at all in keeping with the image of a diva wide receiver.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Purple, pink, and red are more exciting, but a humble green offers an escape from what sometimes seems like excitement that never ends.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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But her flame was dimmed for far too long by one ignoble record: having the longest streak in Daytime Emmys history of nominations without a win.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Feb. 2026
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Here, however, Makowsky examines a purely ignoble figure who feels entitled without accomplishing a thing.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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But West Virginia is a proletarian locale that until not long ago was a Democratic stronghold.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Time,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Getting to face the lowly Orlando Magic, who themselves are in the middle of their own stretch of subpar play since Dwight Howard left the building more than a decade earlier.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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After being swept by the lowly Colorado Rockies and being losers in 15 of the team’s previous 17 games on the heels of Cora’s firing, some expected Mendoza to be relieved of Mets duties on Monday.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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The high-flying version of the Avs has yet to arrive in this series, but the defensively-sound edition backed by strong goaltending continues to be enough against an inferior Kings club.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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Their highest attendance of the games played at Stamford Bridge this season is 30,545, the only one to come close to the 30,000 mark, and inferior to their record attendance of 39,398 set two years ago at their Champions League semi-final second leg against Barcelona.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Lowborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowborn. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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