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secondborn en · ADJ

Etymology

From second + born.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Born as the second child to parent or family.
   • In the novel Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennett, the heroine, is her family's secondborn child.
2. (not-comparable) Second of a particular type to be born to a parent or family.
   • Jane Austen, the secondborn daughter in a family of five boys and two girls, was very close to her sister older Cassandra.

secondborn en · NOUN

Etymology

From second + born.

Meanings

1. The second child to be born to a parent or family.
   • My secondborn is more outgoing.

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