third born
After two others
Third born describes or refers to a child who is the third in birth order among siblings: As the third born, she often felt overlooked between her older siblings and the baby.
The term appears in discussions of family dynamics and birth-order psychology, where third-born children are sometimes characterized as mediators or attention-seekers.
Also written third-born.
- siblingBrother or sister
- middleCentral point or position
- birthComing into the world
- birth orderSequence among siblings
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
triplet · baby · family · family dynamics · pecking order · heir · prince · princess · royal family · spare · succession · line of succession · lineage · dynasty · bronze · trilogy · trio · sibling rivalry
- birth orderlastborn, middle child, only child, eldest, youngest
third bornfirstborn
First child born
first born · eldest · oldest child · eldest child · youngest
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