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afterborn

afterborn adjective: born after the father's death; posthumous.

Adjective

afterborn (not comparable)

  1. Born after the father's death; posthumous.
  2. Of later birth; younger.
    • an afterborn daughter
  3. Born after the will of a parent has been made.

afterborn meaning in Tamil

afterborn in Tamil

தந்தையின் இறப்புக்குப் பின் பிறந்த, பின்பிறந்த, இளைய

Forms of afterborn

alternative formafter-born

Origin of afterborn

From Middle English *afterboren, *efterboren, *æfterboren, from Old English æfterboren (“afterborn, posthumous, born after the father’s death”), equivalent to after- + born. Cognate with Scots efterborn.

Questions about afterborn

What does afterborn mean?
Afterborn means born after the father's death; posthumous.
What is afterborn in Tamil?
Afterborn in Tamil is தந்தையின் இறப்புக்குப் பின் பிறந்த, பின்பிறந்த, இளைய. See Afterborn meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is afterborn?
Afterborn is an adjective.

Words near afterborn in the dictionary

  1. afterbirths
  2. afterbite
  3. afterbites
  4. afterbodies
  5. afterbody
  6. afterborn
  7. afterbrain
  8. afterbrains
  9. afterbrow
  10. afterbrows
  11. afterburden

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Adapted from Wiktionary: afterborn (page history and authors); afterborn (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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