war baby
Americannoun
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a child born or conceived in wartime.
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an illegitimate child born in wartime of a parent in the armed forces.
noun
Etymology
Origin of war baby
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Born on July 20, 1944, I'm a little "young" to remember him, though I was a war baby in an era when Congress still sometimes declared war before America made it.
From Salon • Feb. 27, 2021
Carmelita and her husband’s French war baby is a blonde named Fifi.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2020
He was a war baby, born on Nov. 20, 1942, just as the British army was seizing the port of Benghazi from the Nazis in the North Africa campaign.
From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2020
It took him years to figure out — in his village of Kalterherberg — that he was just about the only one who didn't know he was a "war baby."
From US News • May 8, 2015
He carried a heavy "war baby" on his back and a tin hat on his head.
From The War Romance of the Salvation Army by Hill, Grace Livingston
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