Usually means: Originating from immigrant parents, locally.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word first-generation:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. first-generation: Merriam-Webster
  2. first-generation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. first-generation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. first-generation, first-generation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. First-Generation, First-generation, first-generation: Wordnik
  6. first-generation: Wiktionary
  7. first-generation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. first-generation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. first-generation: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. first-generation: Dictionary.com
  11. first-generation: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  12. first-generation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. first-generation: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. first-generation: Netlingo
  2. first-generation: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Of or relating to an immigrant or their family.
▸ adjective:  Of or relating to the initial version of a class of products.

Similar:
second-generation, immigrant, ethnic, xenogenetic, indigenous, Indian, homeborn, foreign-born, folk, homegrown, more...

Opposite:
second-generation, subsequent, later, descendant

Types:
iPhone, iPod, iPad, Kindle, Nook, Galaxy, Galaxy S, Galaxy S II, more...

Phrases:
First-generation programming language, more...

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Similar:
second-generation, immigrant, ethnic, xenogenetic, indigenous, Indian, homeborn, foreign-born, folk, homegrown, more...

Opposite:
second-generation, subsequent, later, descendant

Types:
iPhone, iPod, iPad, Kindle, Nook, Galaxy, Galaxy S, Galaxy S II, more...

Phrases:
First-generation programming language, more...



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