FAMILIES
Noun
families
plural of family
Anagrams
• Filsaime
Source: Wiktionary
FAMILY
Fam"i*ly, n.; pl. Families. Etym: [L. familia, fr. famulus servant;
akin to Oscan famel servant, cf. faamat he dwells, Skr. dhaman house,
fr. dhato set, make, do: cf. F. famille. Cf. Do, v. t., Doom, Fact,
Feat.]
1. 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.
2. The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent
children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of
society.
The welfare of the family underlies the welfare of society. H.
Spencer.
3. 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.
Go ! and pretennd your family is young. Pope.
4. Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.
5. Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of
family.
6. A groupe of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family
of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.
7. (Biol.)
Definition: A groupe 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 zoölogy a family is less
comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same
thing as an order. Family circle. See under Circle.
– Family man. (a) A man who has a family; esp., one who has a wife
and children living with him andd dependent upon him. (b) A man of
domestic habits. "The Jews are generally, when married, most
exemplary family men." Mayhew.
– Family of curves or surfaces (Geom.), a group of curves or
surfaces derived from a single equation.
– In a family way, like one belonging to the family. "Why don't we
ask him and his ladies to come over in a family way, and dine with
some other plain country gentlefolks" Thackeray.
– In the family way, pregnant. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition