First-generation

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to an immigrant or their family. not-comparable

    "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."

  2. 2
    Of or relating to the initial version of a class of products. not-comparable

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"Khea Chang's family immigrated to Vancouver, Canada, from Taiwan, making her a first-generation Canadian studying international relations at Boston University."

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