secondborn

Meaning

1. adjective Born as the second child to parent or family.

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

2. adjective Second of a particular type to be born to a parent or family.

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

3. noun The second child to be born to a parent or family.

   My secondborn is more outgoing.

Similar words

middleborn thirdborn lastborn onlyborn firstborn first-born laterborn firstling afterborn only-begotten

Often followed by

children child son twins of