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FIRSTBORN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The offspring who came first in the order of birth

Synonyms:

eldest; firstborn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("firstborn" is a kind of...):

issue; offspring; progeny (the immediate descendants of a person)

Derivation:

firstborn (first in order of birth)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

First in order of birth

Example:

the firstborn child

Synonyms:

eldest; firstborn

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)

Derivation:

firstborn (the offspring who came first in the order of birth)

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