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middle children

middle children is the plural of middle child.

Meaning of middle child

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

Questions about middle children

What is middle children the plural of?
Middle children is the plural of middle child.

Words near middle children in the dictionary

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  4. middle child syndromes
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  6. middle children
  7. Middle Chinese
  8. middle class
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  10. Middle Claydon
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