Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Baseborn"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Baseborn \Base"born`\, a.
1. Born out of wedlock. --Gay.
2. Born of low parentage.
3. Vile; mean. ``Thy baseborn heart.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
baseborn
adj 1: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or
lowly) birth" [syn: {base}, {humble}, {lowly}]
2: (archaic) illegitimate [syn: {base}]
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