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first·born
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/
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adjective
1.
first
in the order of birth; eldest.
noun
2.
a firstborn child.
3.
a
first
result or product.
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Origin:
1300–50;
Middle English;
see
first
,
born
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firstborn
adjective
1.
first in order of birth; "the firstborn child"
noun
1.
the offspring who came first in the order of birth
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