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secondborn

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Born as the second child to parent or family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

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

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2

adj

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

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

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3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • My secondborn is more outgoing.

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History

Etymology

From second + born.