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"ref": "1672, Thomas Watson, “The Righteous Man's Excellency”, in A plea for the Godly, Thomas Parkhurst, page 95",
"text": "It is not for Kings to drink wine, nor for Princes strong drink. It becomes not them who are highborn to be intemperate.",
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"ref": "1781, Samuel Johnson, “Waller”, in Lives of the Poets",
"text": "His acquaintance with this high-born dame gave wit no opportunity of boasting its influence; she was not to be subdued by the powers of verse, but rejected his addresses, it is said, with disdain.",
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"ref": "1920, Joseph Conrad, chapter 4, in The Rescue",
"text": "Was he not Rajah Hassim and was not the other a man of strong heart, of strong arm, of proud courage, a man great enough to protect highborn princes?",
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"ref": "2007 July 14, Lesley White, “Face of Tories' new deal—Gordon Brown is enjoying a honeymoon now”, in The Australian",
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"ref": "1848, Thomas Macaulay, chapter 23, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume 5",
"text": "The selfish, base, covetous, father-in-law was not at all desirous to have a highborn beggar and the posterity of a highborn beggar to maintain.",
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"ref": "1996, Peter F. Ainsworth, \"'The Letter Killeth': Law and Spirit in Marie De France's Lay of Le Fresne,\" French Studies, volume L, no. 1 (Jan.), page 5",
"text": "The references to the lady's long-standing affection for her loyal, high-born servant girl provide a succinct intimation that the lady herself is not a wholly repellent character."
},
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"ref": "2007 March 9, “Travelling to his African home”, in Church Times, number 7513, UK",
"text": "Mrs Monteith was able to tell her son about their high-born slave ancestor because he had left a memoir.",
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"ref": "1670, Richard Crashaw, \"To the Queen's Majesty on Twelfth-day\" in Steps to the temple; The delights of the Muses; and, Carmen Deo Nostro, Herringman (London)",
"text": "In this illustrious throng, your lofty flood\nSwells high, fair confluence of all highborn Blood."
},
{
"ref": "1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cenci, act 2, scene 2.2",
"text": "I should have then\nBeen trained in no highborn necessities\nWhich I could meet not by my daily toil.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "1996 June 17, Jayne M. Blanchard, “Cherry Jubilee: New artistic director Joe Dowling sees the comedy in Chekhov and intends to bring a lighter 'Cherry Orchard' to the Guthrie Stage”, in St. Paul Pioneer Press, page 8B",
"text": "Dowling says that most performances of Chekhov plays have been filtered through translations into a British highborn sensibility.",
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"ref": "2002 May 28, Kevin B. Blackistone, “Baffert trained for the spotlight”, in The Dallas Morning News",
"text": "If anyone in the highborn sport known as thoroughbred horse racing has swagger these days, it is Baffert.",
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"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
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"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "bien né"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "hochgeboren"
},
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "uasal"
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"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "貴い"
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"roman": "kōki na",
"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "高貴な"
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"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "nobilis"
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "pūwhero"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "znatnovo roda",
"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "знатного рода"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "de alta cuna"
}
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"ref": "2007, “1999 Corvette FRC - All The King's Horses”, in Vette Web",
"text": "The tires are highborn Pirelli P Zeroes in appropriately majestic sizes.",
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},
{
"ref": "2007 July 18, “Oregon Coast Travel Tips: Complete Tour of Seaside”, in beachconnection.net",
"text": "Gearhart is worth taking a bit of time to ogle the highborn homes along the backroads near the beach.",
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}
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"Of superior or premium quality; magnificent; expensive."
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"(figuratively) Of superior or premium quality; magnificent; expensive."
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"ref": "1672, Thomas Watson, “The Righteous Man's Excellency”, in A plea for the Godly, Thomas Parkhurst, page 95",
"text": "It is not for Kings to drink wine, nor for Princes strong drink. It becomes not them who are highborn to be intemperate.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1781, Samuel Johnson, “Waller”, in Lives of the Poets",
"text": "His acquaintance with this high-born dame gave wit no opportunity of boasting its influence; she was not to be subdued by the powers of verse, but rejected his addresses, it is said, with disdain.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1920, Joseph Conrad, chapter 4, in The Rescue",
"text": "Was he not Rajah Hassim and was not the other a man of strong heart, of strong arm, of proud courage, a man great enough to protect highborn princes?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007 July 14, Lesley White, “Face of Tories' new deal—Gordon Brown is enjoying a honeymoon now”, in The Australian",
"text": "He is a career rather than a conviction politician, but too highborn to be written off as a mere scaler of the greasy pole. He is a scion of the class that, deep down, believes it was born to rule.",
"type": "quotation"
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"(archaic) Of high social standing as a result of having been born a member of an upper-level social class."
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"ref": "1848, Thomas Macaulay, chapter 23, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume 5",
"text": "The selfish, base, covetous, father-in-law was not at all desirous to have a highborn beggar and the posterity of a highborn beggar to maintain.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1996, Peter F. Ainsworth, \"'The Letter Killeth': Law and Spirit in Marie De France's Lay of Le Fresne,\" French Studies, volume L, no. 1 (Jan.), page 5",
"text": "The references to the lady's long-standing affection for her loyal, high-born servant girl provide a succinct intimation that the lady herself is not a wholly repellent character."
},
{
"ref": "2007 March 9, “Travelling to his African home”, in Church Times, number 7513, UK",
"text": "Mrs Monteith was able to tell her son about their high-born slave ancestor because he had left a memoir.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Born a member of an upper-level social class (although not necessarily retaining high social standing)"
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"(archaic) Born a member of an upper-level social class (although not necessarily retaining high social standing)"
],
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"ref": "1670, Richard Crashaw, \"To the Queen's Majesty on Twelfth-day\" in Steps to the temple; The delights of the Muses; and, Carmen Deo Nostro, Herringman (London)",
"text": "In this illustrious throng, your lofty flood\nSwells high, fair confluence of all highborn Blood."
},
{
"ref": "1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cenci, act 2, scene 2.2",
"text": "I should have then\nBeen trained in no highborn necessities\nWhich I could meet not by my daily toil.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1996 June 17, Jayne M. Blanchard, “Cherry Jubilee: New artistic director Joe Dowling sees the comedy in Chekhov and intends to bring a lighter 'Cherry Orchard' to the Guthrie Stage”, in St. Paul Pioneer Press, page 8B",
"text": "Dowling says that most performances of Chekhov plays have been filtered through translations into a British highborn sensibility.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2002 May 28, Kevin B. Blackistone, “Baffert trained for the spotlight”, in The Dallas Morning News",
"text": "If anyone in the highborn sport known as thoroughbred horse racing has swagger these days, it is Baffert.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Of, pertaining to, or befitting people of high social standing."
],
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"not-comparable"
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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"ref": "2007, “1999 Corvette FRC - All The King's Horses”, in Vette Web",
"text": "The tires are highborn Pirelli P Zeroes in appropriately majestic sizes.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007 July 18, “Oregon Coast Travel Tips: Complete Tour of Seaside”, in beachconnection.net",
"text": "Gearhart is worth taking a bit of time to ogle the highborn homes along the backroads near the beach.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Of superior or premium quality; magnificent; expensive."
],
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[
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"premium"
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[
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"(figuratively) Of superior or premium quality; magnificent; expensive."
],
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"not-comparable"
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"word": "high-born"
}
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
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"word": "urozený"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "bien né"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "hochgeboren"
},
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "uasal"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōtoi",
"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "貴い"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōki na",
"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "高貴な"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "nobilis"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "pūwhero"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "znatnovo roda",
"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "знатного рода"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to or befitting people of high social standing",
"word": "de alta cuna"
}
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"word": "highborn"
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