Usually means: Solo offspring, no siblings present.
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  1. only child: Merriam-Webster
  2. only child: Collins English Dictionary
  3. only-child: Wordnik
  4. only child: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. only child: Wiktionary
  6. Only Child (novel), Only Child, Only child: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. only child: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (only child)

▸ noun:  A person who has no siblings; a person raised as the sole child in a household.

Similar:
single child, siblinglessness, oneling, social orphan, individual, childlessness, singleton, filius nullius, nullius filius, kidlessness, more...

Opposite:
sibling, brother/sister, multiple children

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Similar:
single child, siblinglessness, oneling, social orphan, individual, childlessness, singleton, filius nullius, nullius filius, kidlessness, more...

Opposite:
sibling, brother/sister, multiple children



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