FIRSTBORN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does firstborn mean? 

• FIRSTBORN (noun)
  The noun FIRSTBORN has 1 sense:

1. the offspring who came first in the order of birth

  Familiarity information: FIRSTBORN used as a noun is very rare.

• FIRSTBORN (adjective)
  The adjective FIRSTBORN has 1 sense:

1. first in order of birth

  Familiarity information: FIRSTBORN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIRSTBORN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The offspring who came first in the order of birth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

eldest; firstborn

Hypernyms ("firstborn" is a kind of...):

issue; offspring; progeny (the immediate descendants of a person)

Derivation:

firstborn (first in order of birth)

• FIRSTBORN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

First in order of birth

Synonyms:

eldest; firstborn

Context example:

the firstborn child

Similar:

first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)

Derivation:

firstborn (the offspring who came first in the order of birth)