firstborn

first +‎ born

• enPR: fûrstʹ-bôrn', IPA^(key): /ˈfɜː(ɹ)st.ˌbɔː(ɹ)n/
  • (UK) [ˈfɜːst.ˌbɔːn]
  • (US) [ˈfɝst.ˌbɔɚ̯n]
• Hyphenation: first‧born
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)stbɔː(ɹ)n

firstborn (plural firstborn or firstborns)

1. The first child to be born to a parent or family.

• (eldest child): lastborn

• baby of the family
• middle child
• nextborn
• primogeniture

firstborn (not comparable)

1. Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.
2. Most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.

• first-born

• (born first): lastborn

• middleborn

• firstborn in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• firstborn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913