first-generation

[furst-jen-uh-rey-shuhn]

adjective

1. being the first generation of a family to be born in a particular country.

2. being a naturalized citizen of a particular country; immigrant.

   the child of first-generation Americans.

Example Sentences

“For a low-income, first-generation student, a private institution that meets full need without loans is often the most affordable and most supportive option available,” Rosales said in an email.

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We traveled from those high-rise cities to our next church in a Cambodian village at the end of a dirt road where first-generation Christians celebrated Easter with singing, tribal dances and preaching on the proofs of the Resurrection, the power of which was on beautiful display in their faces and voices.

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Neighbours recognised the first-generation daughter of immigrant parents from El Salvador, as as a girl who would visit the corner store almost daily to buy candy and soda, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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After the contested, regime-shaking presidential election of 2009, one candidate, Mehdi Karrubi, a brash, first-generation revolutionary, was consigned to house arrest that lasted 14 years.

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Alvarez, who grew up on a farm in rural Merced County and attended Livingston High School, said she struggled to navigate her own journey as a first-generation college student without any guidance at school.

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