Thirdborn
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Thirdborn is an adjective meaning Born as the third child to parent or family.
Meaning
Born as the third child to parent or family.
More Meanings
- Third of a particular type to be born to a parent or family.
- The third child born to a parent or family.
Example Sentences
Prince Arthur was Queen Victoria's thirdborn son and her seventh child overall.
Mary, the thirdborn Bennett child in the novel Pride and Prejudice, receives the least attention.
After correcting for factors that may affect scores, including parents’ education level, maternal age at birth and family size, the researchers found that eldest children scored an average of 103.2, about 3 percent higher than second children (100.3) and 4 percent higher than thirdborns (99.0).
Word Forms
- thirdborns
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include secondborn, middleborn, onlyborn, firstborn, lastborn, first-born.
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