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Answer for the clue "From an upper-class family ", 8 letters:
wellborn

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Wellborn , also known as the Dr. Levi Thomas House , is a Greek Revival style residence in Eufaula, Alabama , built for Dr. Thomas Levi Wellborn. The house was built in 1837 on lands that had once belonged to the Creek Confederacy . Wellborn had been wounded ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of aristocratic or high-ranking birth

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of good or upper-class lineage; "a rich and wellborn husband"

Usage examples of wellborn.

Therefore, being treated and bespoken as almost an equal by this wellborn, noble, obviously highly educated and widely traveled Sassenach lord was a singular and most exciting experience for the humble man.

Willin, Rosser Cline, Rip Wellborn, Henry Ford Crimp, and Horace Wells.

Gonsalos, he raised both the asking-price and the other requirements for ensigns, sublieutenants, troop-lieutenants, senior lieutenant and sub-captain, after first buying back the ranks of those few men who did not or could not work with or under him, and even so, hardly the day passed but that he found himself approached by top-notch officers or one time officers or wellborn young men, all clearly eager to lay their credentials and money before him.

There were many Caesars in the public eye, tremendously wellborn, canny, ambitious, competent.