secondborn
Born as the second child to parent or familyBorn as the second child to parent or family.
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)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.
(not comparable)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.
Origin
From second + born.From second + born.
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