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adj
Born after the father's death; posthumous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Of later birth; younger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Born after the will of a parent has been made.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: law
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History
From Middle English *afterboren, *efterboren, *æfterboren, from Old English æfterboren (“afterborn, posthumous, born after the father’s death”), equivalent to after- + born. Cognate with Scots efterborn.
