2. Noun. (figuratively) The youngest member of any company or organization. ¹
3. Adjective. Born last in a family; youngest in a the family. ¹
4. Adjective. (figuratively) Younger than anyone else in a group. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lastborn
1. a child born last in a family [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lastborn
Literary usage of Lastborn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Testimony of the Rocks: Or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two by Hugh Miller (1867)
"Man came into being as the lastborn of creation, just ere the close of that sixth
day — the third and terminal period of organic creation — to which the ..."
2. Official Catalogue by United States Centennial Commission (1876)
"Lasa y Elizondo, 1)., Tapers, 271. IAS Palmas Society of Friends, Cloth, 273.
Lash, JS, & Co., Washer, 377. Lascurain & Co., Cigars, 268. lastborn ..."
3. Catalogue of the New York State Library: 1855: Law Library by New York State Library Law Library (1856)
"lastborn ( Aug. Th.). Genealogy of Noblemen in the Provinces of Swea and Gotha,
since 1720. Upsal, 1842, 43. 2 vol. 8°. ..."
4. Cannibals & Convicts: Notes of Personal Experiences in the Western Pacific by Vagabond (1887)
"They looked startled at my appearance, but when Peter showed up on the other side
the children cried, the women flew, and the man, clasping his lastborn to ..."
5. The Book Lover: A Magazine of Book Lore (1900)
"... softly, and rubbed his hands and gloated over the pages like a miser over his
gold, or, to be more just, like a parent over his lastborn. ..."
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