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last-born

last-born is the alternative form of lastborn.

Meaning of lastborn

Noun

lastborn (plural lastborns)

  1. The youngest child of a family.
    • 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.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
  2. (figuratively) The youngest member of any company or organization.

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Forms of last-born

plurallast-borns

Questions about last-born

What is last-born the alternative form of?
Last-born is the alternative form of lastborn.

Words near last-born in the dictionary

  1. last will
  2. last will and testament
  3. last wills
  4. last word
  5. last words
  6. last-born
  7. last-borns
  8. last-ditch
  9. last-ditcher
  10. last-ditchers
  11. last-gasp

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