a. [f. LOW adv. + BRED ppl. a.; cf. † to breed low (LOW adv. 1 b).] Brought up in a low, inferior, vulgar fashion; characterized by low breeding, conduct or manners.
1757. Garrick, Lilliput, I. ii. 39. Let low-bred Minds be curb’d by Laws and Rules.
1775. Sheridan, Duenna, I. ii. I don’t mention your lowbred, vulgar, sound sleep.
1847. J. Wilson, Chr. North (1857), I. 138. Like other low-bred creatures, they are covered with vermin.
1848. Kingsley, Saints’ Trag., III. iii. 169. She’ll wed some pink-faced boy—The more low-bred and penniless, the likelier.
