only child

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only child (plural only children)

  1. A person who has no siblings.
    Synonym: single child
    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1:
      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.
      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.
  2. A person raised as the sole child in a household.
    An only child is often stereotyped as spoiled.
    • 1949, Frank B Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Cheaper by the Dozen, dedication:
      To DAD
      who only reared twelve children
      and
      To MOTHER
      who reared twelve only children

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