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antenatus

noun
an·​te·​na·​tus
plural antenati\ -​āˌtī \

Definition of antenatus

: a person born before a certain time or event especially with reference to the existence of political rights (as a person born in an American colony before the Declaration of Independence) usually used in plural eligibility of antenati to hold office opposed to postnatus

First Known Use of antenatus

1653, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for antenatus

Medieval Latin, firstborn son, ancestor, predecessor, from Latin ante- + natus, past participle of nasci to be born

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