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war baby

/ˈwɔːr ˌbeɪbi/

Tradução: Pessoa que nasceu durante um período de guerra, especialmente a Segunda Guerra Mundial; o termo costuma designar a geração marcada pelas condições e consequências do tempo de guerra.

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/ˈwɔːr ˌbeɪbi/C1informal
  • ptPessoa que nasceu durante um período de guerra, especialmente a Segunda Guerra Mundial; o termo costuma designar a geração marcada pelas condições e consequências do tempo de guerra.

A person born during a period of war, especially World War II, often used to describe a generation shaped by wartime conditions.

  1. Child born during wartimeB2formal

    A child born during a period of war, often implying the father was a soldier or the birth occurred under wartime conditions.

    ptCriança da guerra

    • Many war babies grew up in difficult economic times.
    • She was a war baby, born in 1944.
    • The documentary focused on the lives of war babies in Europe.
  2. Product of wartimeC1informal

    Something that originates or is created as a direct result of war.

    ptProduto da guerra

    • The internet was a war baby, developed from military research.
    • Many technologies are war babies, born from necessity.
    • This economic policy is a war baby of the 1940s.