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

In 1964, Sinatra signed a contract with the Learjet Corporation to buy one of their first-generation private jets.

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There is ample proof, for instance, that first-generation immigrants do not increase crime, they help to reduce it.

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First-generation girls were scrubbing floors and helping out.

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My great-grandmother was a first-generation American and the mother of three small children.

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Lena Ibrahim, a first-generation Palestinian-American, insisted that she was there more for human rights than ethnic solidarity.

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