EGAVE

firstborn

About 0.66 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The first child to be born to a parent or family.
  2. adjective Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.
  3. adjective Most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.

Similar words

first eldest oldest first-born elder older onlyborn primogeniture lastborn secondborn

Often followed by

of son child children in and among from sons

Word family

firstborns

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