first-generation
adjective /ˌfɜːst dʒenəˈreɪʃn/
/ˌfɜːrst dʒenəˈreɪʃn/
[usually before noun]- having left your country to go and live in a new country; being the child of somebody who has left their country to go and live in a new country
- first-generation Caribbeans in the UK
- being or connected with the earliest type of something to be developed, for example a machine or piece of software
- a first-generation video game