Meanings
comparative more birthless · superlative most birthless
- Without a birth or births.
- archaicOf mean extraction; low-born.
the daughters of Magnus Troil were patiently awaiting the choice of the nameless and birthless stranger
1822, [Walter Scott], The Pirate. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC
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