secondborn

The second child to be born to a parent or family.

Adjective

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Noun

  1. The second child to be born to a parent or family.
    • My secondborn is more outgoing.

Forms

secondborns