ˈtrue-born, a.
Born of a true or pure stock; legitimately born; having the sterling qualities associated with such descent.
| 1591 Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, ii. iv. 27 Let him that is a true-borne Gentleman..From off this Bryer pluck a white Rose with me. 1593 ― Rich. II, i. iii. 309 Though banish'd, yet a true-borne Englishman. 1645 Fuller Gd. Th. in Bad T. (1841) 54 He will acknowledge us to be no bastards, but his trueborn children. 1701 De Foe (title) The True-Born Englishman. 1812 Byron Ch. Har. ii. lxxxiii, If Greece one true-born patriot still can boast. |