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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Someone or something that is last.

   "He, however, who would be a firstling, let him take care lest he also become a lastling!"

2. 2
   Someone or something that is last.; An endling (someone who is the last of their kind; something that is the last of its kind).

Synonyms

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endling

Antonyms

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firstling

Example

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"He, however, who would be a firstling, let him take care lest he also become a lastling!"

Etymology

From last + -ling.

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