Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A child ascribed to the domain of its birth, or to the ruler of it: as, “Thetis' birth-child” (Shak., Pericles, iv. 4), that is, one born on the sea, the domain of Thetis.
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Examples
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Calling Telluride "Aspen's birth-child," he says it was "Aspen that created Telluride."
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Calling Telluride "Aspen's birth-child," he says it was "Aspen that created Telluride."
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CouponCodes4U is the Stateside birth-child of one of the UK's leading young entrepreneurs,
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And so it is that the middle class, the birth-child of capitalism, is both celebrated and enslaved - for its own good and the greater good.
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And so it is that the middle class, the birth-child of capitalism, is both celebrated and enslaved - for its own good and the greater good.
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