afterborn

adj — 3 senses

afterborn

adj

Etymology From Middle English *afterboren, *efterboren, *æfterboren, from Old English æfterboren (“afterborn, posthumous, born after the father’s death”), equivalent to after- + born. Cognate with Scots efterborn.

Born after the father's death; posthumous.

Of later birth; younger.

an afterborn daughter

Law Born after the will of a parent has been made.

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