only child

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Noun

only child

1. A person who has no siblings.
2. A person raised as the sole child in a household.

   An only child is often stereotyped as spoiled.

   • 1949, Frank B Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Cheaper by the Dozen, dedication:

     To DAD

     who only reared twelve children

     and

     To MOTHER

     who reared twelve only children

Synonyms

• oneling
• onlyborn

Translations

• French: enfant unique, fils unique, fille unique
• German: Einzelkind
• Italian: figlio unico, figlia unica
• Portuguese: filho único, filha única
• Russian: еди́нственный ребёнок
• Spanish: hijo único, hija única

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