firstborn
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- noun
- /ˈfɜrstˌbɔrn/
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primogénito
- Jim, if you hope to be the provider and protector for our firstborn daughter, you have a long way to go.
- firstborn and laterborn
- higher risk in firstborns
Examples
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He is my firstborn, my only son, and you know the law.
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In honor of these dearest friends, I have decided to name my firstborn Benjamin Earley Spenser.
Fiction book (1997) -
- You are my firstborn.
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My mother, however, never tired of telling her firstborn that his entrance into the world had been impressive.
Academic text (2000) -
Eli and I fell in love and married, and we named our firstborn A-Mishanta, but we always called her Missy.
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In 1897, she reminisced about her firstborn child who died when she was only seventeen.
Academic text (1995) -
On this day, 22nd July, the year 2013, we welcome with humble duty a future king, the firstborn of His Royal Highness, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the third in line to the throne.
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Most parents will tell you that the arrival of their firstborn was a life-altering event.
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And as soon as Georgia, our firstborn, came home, it was all over.
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He is my firstborn, my only son, and you know the law.
Synonyms
Compounds
A Jewish fast kept by firstborn sons the day before Passover to remember how they were saved in Egypt
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Firstborn comes from first meaning 'number one' and born meaning 'brought into life', so it names the child who came into the family before the others.