ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Hedgeborn

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Hedgeborn is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Born under a hedge or of low birth.

Meaning

(obsolete) Born under a hedge or of low birth.

More Meanings

  1. (obsolete) growing in a hedge

Example Sentences

Be quite degraded, like a hedge-born swine
The trader's child, whose soaring spirit rose As hedge-born aloe-flowers that rarest years disclose

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ethelborn, birken, gesithcund, hoddengray, odalborn, wealdish.

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