Baseborn and Highbred

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Baseborn adjective - Belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank.

Usage example: in the Middle Ages, a baseborn person simply had to accept his or her station in life

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Highbred is an antonym for baseborn.

Highbred adjective - Of high birth, rank, or station.

Usage example: as the highbred descendant of one of the state's oldest families, he bristled at being ordered about by an uncouth upstart

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Baseborn is an antonym for highbred.

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