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birth month en · NOUN

Etymology

From birth + month by analogy with birthday.

Meanings

1. The month in which someone is born.
   • Although, as with many facts surrounding my birth month, there is some dispute — some historians say Caesar gave February 29 days — most believe his calendar preserved a 28-day February (with 29 days only in a leap year). 2011 February 27, Philip S. Hill, “Except February”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2012:
   • The House of Representatives took time out today for a thirty-minute celebration of the birth month of Susan B. Anthony, crusader for women’s rights. 1956 February 21, “Miss Anthony Honored: House Marks Birth Month of Women’s Rights Crusader”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • Factors like birth order and birth month play a small role, at best, in the likelihood of reaching advanced age, and are overwhelmed by others. 2005 October 30, Henry Fountain, “For Centenarians, It All Begins at Birth”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 May 2015:

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