Great and Highborn

Great

Great adjective - Of high birth, rank, or station.
Usage example: a descendant of one of the great families of Philadelphia

Highborn and great are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Highborn" instead an adjective "Great".

Nearby Words: greatly, greatness

Highborn

Highborn adjective - Of high birth, rank, or station.
Usage example: skeptics have argued that these dramatic masterpieces must have been written by someone more highborn than one William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon

Great and highborn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Great" instead an adjective "Highborn".

Both words in one sentence

  • Overly Long Name: In the south, a highborn person's name includes the given name, the names of same-sex parent, grandparent and great-grandparent, and place of birth, much to Alec's perplexity.
  • When the ruse was revealed, there was a great commotion about what to do, given that they'd never actually killed a woman just for coming to the Olympics before and were uneasy about making this the first (especially given her highborn status).
  • Literature / Chronicles of the Kencyrath Multiples of three: nine (3x3) great houses whose lords comprise the High Council; nine temples to the Three-Faced God built across Rathillien; twenty-seven (3x3x3) is the age at which a highborn kencyr is a legal adult.
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