firstborn

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle English first borne. By surface analysis, first (adverb) + born.

There is something humorously pathetic in the death of the Revolution--that firstborn of Miss Anthony. — Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
For Merlin by his art foreknew that this firstborn should be the long-wished prince, King Arthur. — King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Thomas, Sir Malory
Years and years I loved you, O, my son, my firstborn, when you lay in my womb. — Ulysses, James Joyce

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