first-begotten
/ˈfəːs(t)bɪˌɡɒtn/adjective
Designating a child who is the first to be procreated; firstborn.
noun
Usually with the or possessive adjective. The first-begotten child, the firstborn. Also treated as plural: those who are first-begotten.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in The Midland Prose Psalter. From first + begotten, originally after post-classical Latin primogenitus, adjective and noun.
- Channel Country
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- channel-grazer
- channel-hop
- channel-hopper
- channelise
- Channel Islands
- channelize
- channeller
- channel-surf
- channel-surfer
- channel-surfing
- Channel Tunnel
- channel zapper
- chanson
- chanson de geste
- chant
- chantage
- chanter
- chanterelle
- chanteuse
- chantey
- chanticleer
- Chantilly cream
- Chantilly lace