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primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"

a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"

a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"

a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"

a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.

The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.

Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family.

Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.

Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.

A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.

The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.

The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.

Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family.

Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.

Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.

A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.

A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.

A household; children as distinguished from the parent; a body of persons descended from the parent; a body of persons descended from a common ancestor; tribe; race; genealogy; class; a group of animals larger than a genus or class, but less than an order; in botany. an order.

1. A group of blood relatives, or, more strictly, the parents and their children. 2. In biological classification a division, denoted by the termination -idea, between the order and the genus.

The household, or all those who live in one house under one head; the descendants of one common progenitor; race; honorable or noble descent; a group of animals, plants, languages, etc., more comprehensive than a genus.

Household; descendants of one ancestor; race; class.

Of, belonging to, or suitable for a family.

A group of persons, consisting of parents and their children; a household; house; line; clan; tribe; race.

Distinguished or ancient lineage; descent.

A class or group of like or related things.

A household, living in one house and under one head, including parents and children, and primarily, as well as sometimes still, servants; the children of a household; those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe or race; kindred; lineage; course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; honourable descent; noble or respectable stock; a collection or union of nations or states; a group of animals or other natural productions, more extensive than a genus and less than an order; an order.

Term used in classification, signifying one group of an Order.

n. [Latin] The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household;—a tribe or race; kindred; —course of descent; genealogy; lineage;—honourable descent; —a group of kindred individuals, usually more comprehensive than a genus, and founded on more indefinite resemblances.

Those who live in the same house, household; those that descend from one common progenitor, a race, a generation; a class, a tribe, a species.