Secondborn

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The second child to be born to a parent or family.

    "My secondborn is more outgoing."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Born as the second child to parent or family. not-comparable

    "In the novel Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennett, the heroine, is her family's secondborn child."

  2. 2
    Second of a particular type to be born to a parent or family. not-comparable

    "Jane Austen, the secondborn daughter in a family of five boys and two girls, was very close to her sister older Cassandra."

Example

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"In the novel Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennett, the heroine, is her family's secondborn child."

Etymology

From second + born.

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