lastborn
See also: last-born
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: lästʹ-bôrn', lăstʹ-bôrn', IPA(key): /ˈlɑːst.ˌbɔː(ɹ)n/, /ˈlæst.ˌbɔː(ɹ)n/
- Hyphenation: last‧born
- Rhymes: -ɑːstbɔː(ɹ)n, -æstbɔː(ɹ)n
Noun edit
lastborn (plural lastborns)
- The youngest child of a family.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- It took me back across the dim gulf of ages to some happy home in dead Imperial Kôr, where this winsome lady girt about with beauty had lived and died, and dying taken her last-born with her to the tomb.
- (figuratively) The youngest member of any company or organization.
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “youngest child”): firstborn
Translations edit
youngest child of a family
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Adjective edit
lastborn (not comparable)
- Born last in a family; youngest in a the family.
- (figuratively) Younger than anyone else in a group.
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “born last”): firstborn
Translations edit
born last in a family