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secondborn

secondborn

English

Adjective

secondborn (not comparable)

  1. 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. 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.

Noun

secondborn (plural secondborns)

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