secondborn

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adjective

Born as the second child to parent or family.

“My secondborn is more outgoing.”

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivesecondborn (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBorn 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 comparableSecond 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.

nounsecondborn (plural secondborns)

plural secondborns

  1. The second child to be born to a parent or family.

    My secondborn is more outgoing.

Origin

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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