first-generation

adjective

Of or relating to an immigrant or their family.

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Meanings

adjectivefirst-generation (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to an immigrant or their family.

    Trying to help a high school senior get into his dream school, Laurie Kopp Weingarten called the college to emphasize that the boy should be able to lay claim to the latest, and fuzziest, of all admissions hooks: being a first-generation student.

    2017 November 3, Rochelle Sharpe, “Are You First Gen? Depends on Who’s Asking”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020
  2. not comparableOf or relating to the initial version of a class of products.
Cite this entry
APA

first-generation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/first-generation

MLA

“first-generation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/first-generation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “first-generation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/first-generation.

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