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Firstborn

The first child to be born to a parent or family.

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noun
  1. 1

    The first child to be born to a parent or family.

adjective
  1. 1

    Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.

  2. 2

    Most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.

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firstnounPreceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
eldestnounThe eldest child in a family, or individual in a group.

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firstnoun(uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
eldestnounThe eldest child in a family, or individual in a group.
oldestnounThe oldest child in a family, or individual in a group.
first-bornAlternative form of firstborn. [Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.]
eldernounA leader or senior member of a tribe or community, often of considerable age, respected as an authority figure, especially in a counselling, consultative, or ceremonial role.
oldernounA surname.
onlybornnounBorn as the only child in a family, flock, or the like.
primogeniturenounThe principle that the eldest child, traditionally the eldest male, has an exclusive right of inheritance.
lastbornnounThe youngest child of a family.
secondbornnounThe second child to be born to a parent or family.
last-bornnounAlternative form of lastborn. [The youngest child of a family.]
babynounA very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
baby of the familynounThe youngest member of an immediate family.
thirdbornnounThe third child born to a parent or family.
middlebornnounThe middle child to be born to a parent or family.
heritagenounA tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
youngestMost recently begun or formed.
truebornnoun(fantasy) A person of legitimate birth.
birthchildnounA child ascribed to the domain of its birth, or to the ruler of it.
childnoun(broadly) A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).

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