English Explanatory Dictionary

afterborn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Born after the father's death; posthumous.
  2. Of later birth; younger.
  3. Born after the will of a parent has been made.

Word forms

afterborn after-born

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.

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