well-born
well-born — adjective
1. having parents from a rich or titled family, which gives you a high position in
having parents from a rich or titled family, which gives you a high position in society from the moment you are born
The well-born heiress Emilia donated half her fortune to build schools in rural Vietnam.
well-born + noun (heiress) — social class context
Despite his well-born background, Kwame worked as a nurse in a village clinic.
well-born + background — common collocation
In the novel, the well-born heroine rejects three wealthy suitors to marry a poor artist.
The charity gala brought together well-born families from the oldest city districts.
Born into a well-born family, Mei-Ling felt pressure to marry someone of similar social standing.
- aristocratic
more formal; specifically about the titled nobility rather than just wealth
- blue-blooded
more informal and slightly dramatic; used of old, noble families
- upper-class
broader; includes wealthy non-noble families, less old-fashioned
文法句型
well-born + noun (family, parents, gentleman, lady)
用法筆記
This word is old-fashioned in modern conversation. It appears more often in historical novels, biographies, or formal descriptions of social class than in everyday speech.