highborn

adjective4

1. •
   Of, pertaining to, or befitting people of high social standing.

   • In this illustrious throng, your lofty flood Swells high, fair confluence of all highborn Blood. — 1670
2. •
   (figurative) Of superior or premium quality; magnificent; expensive.

   • The tires are highborn Pirelli P Zeroes in appropriately majestic sizes. — 2007
3. •
   Of high social standing as a result of having been born a member of an upper-level social class.

   • I am too high-born to be propertied, To be a secondary at control. — 1596
4. •
   (no longer used) Born a member of an upper-level social class (although not necessarily retaining high social standing)

   • The selfish, base, covetous, father-in-law was not at all desirous to have a highborn beggar and the posterity of a highborn beggar to maintain. — 1848