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afterlings

afterlings is the plural of afterling.

Meaning of afterling

Noun

afterling (plural afterlings)

  1. (rare) One who comes after or later; an aftercomer; one who is late.
    • Lange terms him "an afterling of the speculative Romanticism," and it seems clear that he is connected with the Hegelian Right and even with Schelling.1877, Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, The Dublin review

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Questions about afterlings

What is afterlings the plural of?
Afterlings is the plural of afterling.

Words near afterlings in the dictionary

  1. afterlifes
  2. afterlifetime
  3. afterlifetimes
  4. afterlight
  5. afterling
  6. afterlings
  7. afterlives
  8. afterload
  9. afterloading
  10. afterloads
  11. afterlook

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