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单词 birth child
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birth childn.

Brit. /ˈbəːθ tʃʌɪld/, U.S. /ˈbərθ ˌtʃaɪld/
Inflections: Plural birth children.
Forms: see birth n.1 and child n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: birth n.1, child n.
Etymology: < birth n.1 + child n.
1. With possessive: a person born in a specified place; a native of a specified place. Obsolete.
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sonOE
landsmanc1000
natural1509
native1535
homeling1577
indigena1591
originary1594
home-born1600
birth child1609
inbred1625
naturalist1631
autochthon1646
naturalizanta1652
breedling1663
indigene1664
indigenal1722
child (son, etc.) of the soil1814
native-born1814
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xviii. 37 + 8 The earth..Hath Thetis byrth-childe on the heauens bestowed.
a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §104 99 Very notable hath this town been for her birthchild Winefride.
2. The biological (biological adj. 4) child of a particular parent, as contrasted with a stepchild or adopted child.
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1976 L. C. Burgess Art of Adoption vii. 68 The adopted and birth child need not be compared.
2013 Church Times 1 Nov. 14/5 He and his wife..are foster carers, and have birth children and an adopted child.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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