Meaning of born to the purple | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Born and raised in a royal family.
   not-comparable
2. Of children, born of prominent or high-ranking parents.
   broadly, not-comparable

Examples

“No one had had any experience of an emperor like Commodus, a Caesar born to the purple.”

“Near-synonyms: to the manor born, born with a silver spoon in one's mouth”

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