| 单词 | gently-born |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgently-born gently-born adj. (of a person) belonging to a family of high social position.Now generally considered old fashioned and chiefly used in historical contexts. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [adjective] > of birth well-bornOE ethelbornOE athelOE high-bornc1275 noblec1300 great-kinned?c1450 nobly-born1586 ingenious1638 ingenuous1638 gently-born1871 thegn-born1874 hochgeboren1930 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [adjective] > of birth gentlec1300 kindc1300 gently-born1871 1871 R. Morris in Legends Holy Rood 6 A gently born bride. 1887 Spectator 2 July 901/2 Refinement and truth, which are still the distinguishing marks of the gently-born Briton. 1931 Times 6 Mar. 20/3 The beautiful, gently-born child of her first marriage. 2016 Burnley Express (Nexis) 16 May An age when the only respectable career for a gently-born girl was marriage. < as lemmas |
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