second-generation

English

Adjective

second-generation (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to someone whose parents are immigrants.
    • 2013 August 6, Pete Wells, “A Second-Generation Ode to Greece”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      MP Taverna offers a second-generation, melting-pot vision of an America where Greek flavors have been woven into the fabric of American cooking so thoroughly that they’re taken for granted.
  2. Of or pertaining to a second version of something that is materially different to the first.
    • 2016 July 13, Amy Haimerl, “Lifting the Second-Generation Curse”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      Looming over her is the statistic that only 30 percent of family-owned businesses make it through the second generation. That data is from 1987, but experts say it still holds true today. It is known as the second-generation curse.
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