firstbornadjective, noun [ C usually singular ]
/ˈfɜːst.bɔːn//ˈfɝːst.bɔːrn/literary or humorousused to refer to the first child of a set of parents:
In the Hebrew Bible, the firstborn son is the one who inherits his father's position as head of the family.
Olaf is my firstborn.
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Parents & children
- babyhood
- bastard
- child abuse
- child-friendly
- conjoined twins
- illegitimate
- latchkey kid
- legitimate
- love child
- motherhood
- motherless
- natural
- patter
- quad
- quadruplet
- quintuplet
- sextuplet
- Siamese twins
- twin
- without issue idiom
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