Noun: only child
| Singular | only child |
| Plural | only children |
Sample Sentences
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An only child is often stereotyped as spoiled.
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Tali: It's my father. He's the senior member of the Admiralty Board. He's one of only five people who can overrule the decisions of the Conclave for the good of the Migrant Fleet.
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Tali: My father is responsible for the lives of seventeen million people -- our entire race is in his hands. And I'm his only child. [2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1:]
Nouns inflected like only child
subchild,
great grandchild,
natural child,
great-great-grandchild,
merchild,
boychild,
iPad child,
spirit child,
flower child,
paternal grandchild,
lovechild,
schoolchild,
snowflake child,
home child,
moonchild,
pretermitted child,
single child,
only child,
foster child,
anarchild, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology