Library / English Dictionary

    FAMILY LINE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    People descended from a common ancestorplay

    Example:

    his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower

    Synonyms:

    family; family line; folk; kinfolk; kinsfolk; phratry; sept

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("family line" is a kind of...):

    ancestry; blood; blood line; bloodline; descent; line; line of descent; lineage; origin; parentage; pedigree; stemma; stock (the descendants of one individual)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "family line"):

    people (members of a family line)

    homefolk (the people of your home locality (especially your own family))

    house (aristocratic family line)

    dynasty (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)

    gens; name (family based on male descent)

    Credits


    © 1991-2023 The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin | Titi Tudorancea® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
    Contact