only child

noun

: a person who never had a brother or sister

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The couple divorced in 1954, the same year Douglas’s only child, Danny Bourgeois, was born. John Russell, People.com, 11 May 2025 David Hackett Souter was born in Melrose, Mass., on Sept. 17, 1939, the only child of Joseph and Helen Souter. David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025 Steve Muth’s only child, Zachary, died at 23 years old after taking a pill laced with fentanyl in February 2021. Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 5 May 2025 Ivey was the youngest of his siblings, while Marcia was the only child of the late Donald and Doris Brown Ward Johnson. Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for only child

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“Only child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/only%20child. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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