ˈnatural-born, a.
[f. prec. + born ppl. a. Cf. native-born.]
Having a specified position or character by birth; used esp. with subject.
| 1583 Exec. for Treason (1675) 43 D. Sanders a natural born Subject but an unnatural worn Priest. 1598 W. Phillip tr. Linschoten (Hakl.) I. 184 The children of Mesti{cced}os are of colour and fashion like the naturall borne Countrimen. 1625 in H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 21 Divers of the naturall-born subjects of this Kingdome..do..claim precedency of the Peers of this Realm. 1709 Act 7 Anne c. 5 §3 The Children of all natural-born Subjects, born out of the Ligeance of her Majesty..shall be deemed..to be natural-born Subjects of this Kingdom. 1765 Blackstone Comm. I. 370 The prince is always under a constant tie to protect his natural-born subjects. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 338/2 It is not true that every person, born out of the dominion of the crown, is therefore an alien; nor is a person born within them necessarily a natural-born subject. 1876 Bancroft Hist. U.S. VI. xxvi. 27 Every one who first saw the light on the American soil was a natural-born American citizen. 1897 M. Kingsley W. Africa 137 The chief being a natural-born idiot, came with two of his head men. |