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middle child

middle child noun: in an immediate family containing three children, the child who is neither the oldest nor the youngest.

Noun

middle child (plural middle children)

  1. In an immediate family containing three children, the child who is neither the oldest nor the youngest.
    • I was the middle child of three, but there was a gap of five years on either side, and I barely saw my father before I was eight. For this and other reasons I was somewhat lonely.1946, George Orwell, Why I Write
    • As a middle child, you're not Mommy's big girl nor her little boy; you're just there.1987 February 15, Jean M. Sarosy, “Topics: The Unseen Woman”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Apr 2014

middle child meaning in Tamil

middle child in Tamil

இடைச்சன்

Examples of middle child in a sentence

  • Elliott [is] the forgotten 10-year-old middle child between a teenager with a lot of friends and a precocious golden girl.2002 March 30, Richard Corliss, “That Old Feeling: "E.T." Goes Home”, in Time, retrieved 27 Apr 2014:
  • My husband is the classic middle child, the peacemaker often overlooked by his parents.2013 October 17, Carolyn Hax, “Tell Me About It: Middle-child syndrome, 2d generation”, in philly.com, retrieved 28 Apr 2014:

Forms of middle child

pluralmiddle children

Words formed from middle child

Questions about middle child

What does middle child mean?
Middle child means in an immediate family containing three children, the child who is neither the oldest nor the youngest.
What is middle child in Tamil?
Middle child in Tamil is இடைச்சன். See Middle child meaning in Tamil.
How do you use middle child in a sentence?
Elliott [is] the forgotten 10-year-old middle child between a teenager with a lot of friends and a precocious golden girl.
What part of speech is middle child?
Middle child is a noun.
What is the plural of middle child?
The plural of middle child is middle children.

Words near middle child in the dictionary

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  3. middle cerebral artery syndrome
  4. middle cervical ganglia
  5. middle cervical ganglion
  6. middle child
  7. middle child syndrome
  8. middle child syndromes
  9. middle childhood
  10. middle children
  11. Middle Chinese

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