ethelborn
English
Etymology
From Old English æþelboren (“noble, high-born”), from æþele (“noble”) + boren (“born”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛθlbɔːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛθ(ə)lˌbɔɹn/
Adjective
ethelborn (not comparable)
- (rare) noble, high-born
Noun
ethelborn (plural ethelborn)
- (rare) a nobleman or noblewoman
- (rare, in the plural "the ethelborn") the nobility
References
- “ethelborn, adj. and n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, January 2015.