lastborn
adjEtymology From last + born.
1
Born last in a family; youngest in a the family.
2
Figuratively Younger than anyone else in a group.
- Antonyms
- firstborn
- Related terms
- middleborn
lastborn
noun/ˈlɑːstˌbɔː(ɹ)n/ · /ˈlæstˌbɔː(ɹ)n/
Etymology From last + born.
1
The youngest child of a family.
- It took me back across the dim gulf of ages to some happy home in dead Imperial Kôr, where this winsome lady girt about with beauty had lived and died, and dying taken her last-born with her to the tomb.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
2
Figuratively The youngest member of any company or organization.
- Synonyms
- baby of the family
- Antonyms
- firstborn