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Non-Arabs, of whatever racial origin, were of course baseborn, but so too were many Arabs who, for one reason or another, were not full and free members of a tribe.
b) Of lowly birth.
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Baseborn — Base born , a. 1. Born out of wedlock. Gay. [1913 Webster] 2. Born of low parentage. [1913 Webster] 3. Vile; mean. Thy baseborn heart. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
baseborn — index caitiff, ignoble, illegitimate (born out of wedlock) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
baseborn — [bās′bôrn΄] adj. 1. of humble birth or origin 2. of illegitimate birth 3. mean or ignoble in character or spirit … English World dictionary
baseborn — adjective 1. of low birth or station ( base is archaic in this sense) baseborn wretches with dirty faces of humble (or lowly) birth • Syn: ↑base, ↑humble, ↑lowly • Similar to: ↑lowborn … Useful english dictionary
baseborn — adjective Date: 1591 1. mean, ignoble 2. a. of humble birth b. of illegitimate birth … New Collegiate Dictionary
baseborn — /bays bawrn /, adj. 1. of humble parentage. 2. born out of wedlock; illegitimate. 3. having a base character or nature; mean. [1585 95; BASE2 + BORN] * * * … Universalium
baseborn — Synonyms and related words: base, bastard, below the salt, cockney, common, commonplace, FALSE, fatherless, homely, humble, illegitimate, low, lowborn, lowbred, lowly, mean, misbegotten, miscreated, natural, nonclerical, ordinary, plain, plebeian … Moby Thesaurus
baseborn — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Born to parents who are not married to each other: bastard, illegitimate, misbegotten, natural, spurious, unlawful. See KIN, LAW. 2. Lacking high station or birth: common, declasse, declassed, humble, ignoble,… … English dictionary for students
baseborn — adj. low born, commonly born, from a poor family … English contemporary dictionary
baseborn — adj 1. lowborn, lowbred, vulgar, common; low, lowly, simple, humble, homely, homespun; plebian, proletarian, bourgeois; untitled, ungenteel, ungentle, unlanded; beggarly, poor, pauperish. 2. illegitimate, bastard, bastardly, base; misbegotten,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
