ethelborn
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English æþelboren (“noble, high-born”), from æþele (“noble”) + boren (“born”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ethelborn (not comparable)
Noun[edit]
ethelborn (plural ethelborn)
- (obsolete, rare) A nobleman or noblewoman; a member of the nobility.
References[edit]
- “ethelborn, adj. and n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, January 2015.
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