Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Subsequent to birth or occurrence; appearing or occurring later.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Archaic, Archaic Subsequent.

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  • adjective archaic subsequent

Etymologies

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Latin postnatus second or subsequently born; Latin post after + natus born.

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