The firstborn, or the oldest surviving (member of a family, son, daughter, etc.). Also quasi-n.
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释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > first-born (17) eldestc1000 The firstborn, or the oldest surviving (member of a family, son, daughter, etc.). Also quasi-n. first-begottenc1350 Designating a child who is the first to be procreated; firstborn. first-gottena1382 firstbornc1384 That is born first, eldest. first-gendereda1398 first-kinneda1400 = firstborn, n. 1. oldest1478 = eldest, adj. 2, esp. designating the first born of several siblings. Also as n.: an oldest sibling, etc. ayne1483 Firstborn, eldest, eigne, adj. first-conceived1574 eigne1586 Firstborn, eldest; see ayne, adj. eldest-born1608 primogenit1619 Firstborn, eldest. Obsolete. rare. first-begot1671 primogenitala1706 Of or relating to primogeniture. old1706 Of a human or other living thing. Scottish. Of a child: oldest, older. Obsolete. primogenitary1827 = primogenital, adj. primogenitive1842 = primogenital, adj. |
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