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middle-born

American

[mid-l-bawrn] / ˈmɪd lˌbɔrn /

adjective

neither first nor last in order of birth, especially second in a family of three children.

noun

a middle-born child.

Etymology

Origin of middle-born

First recorded in 1965–70

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