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base-born, a.|ˈbeɪsbɔːn|
[f. base a. 6, 7, 16.]
A.
1. Of low or humble birth, plebeian.
1593Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, iv. viii. 49 Better ten-thousand base-born Cades miscarry. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. 95 That a gentleman of your rank in life should stoop..to the base-born Pamela. 1845Disraeli Sybil (1863) 153 Very often the baseborn change their liveries for coronets.
2. fig. Of base origin or nature.
1591Spenser Teares Muses 392 Such high conceipt of that celestiall fire, The base-born brood of Blindnes cannot gesse. 1852Tupper Prov. Philos. 179 A base-born mirth, springing out of carelessness and folly
3. Illegitimate, born out of wedlock.
1645Featly Dippers Dipt 51 (T.) Neither doth holy imply no bastard; for some holy men have been base-born. 1851Kingsley Yeast xi. 203 Our daughters with base-born babies Have wandered away in their shame.
B. quasi-n. One of humble or illegitimate birth.
1605Parish Reg. Romford, Essex 11 Aug., George, the base-borne of one of my Ladye Coke's servants. 1879E. Arnold Lt. Asia 195 Huts where the base-born dwelt. |