birth certificate

noun

: a copy of an official record of a person's date and place of birth and parentage

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From there, investigators located Vickie’s original birth certificate and adoption records. —

Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2024 Trump used it to raise his own political profile, demanding to see Obama’s birth certificate and five years after Obama did so, Trump finally admitted that Obama was born in the United States. —

Michelle L. Price and Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024 Petty also highlighted how Republicans denied that former President Barack Obama was a U.S. citizen and believed that his birth certificate was fraudulent. —

Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2024 Already in states like Texas, trans people can no longer correct the gender marker on their birth certificates. —

Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for birth certificate

Word History

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of birth certificate was in 1821

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“Birth certificate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birth%20certificate. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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