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GENS
name, gens
(noun) family based on male descent; “he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
Gens
plural of Gen
Anagrams
• Seng, engs, negs
Etymology 1
Noun
gens (plural gentes or genses)
(Ancient Rome, historical) A legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related through a common ancestor by birth, marriage or adoption, possibly over many generations, and sharing the same nomen gentilicium.
(anthropology) A tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line.
Usage notes
Regarding sense 1 (“historical Roman unit of society”), the concept is close to and often translated as clan, but the two are not identical. The alternative tribe is also sometimes used, but the Latin tribus has a separate meaning.
Synonyms
• (Roman unit of society): clan, tribe (but see the usage note)
Etymology 2
Noun
gens
plural of gen (clipping of generation).
Anagrams
• Seng, engs, negs
Noun
GENs
plural of GEN
Anagrams
• Seng, engs, negs
Source: Wiktionary
Gens, n.; pl. Gentes. Etym: [L. See Gentle, a.] (Rom. Hist.)
1. A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe.
2. (Ethnol.)
Definition: A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.
GEN
-gen. Etym: [(1) From Gr. -gen-, from the same root as ge`nos race, stock (see Genus). (2) From Gr. suffix -genh`s born. Cf. F. -gène.]
1. A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of producing, generating: as, amphigen, amidogen, halogen.
2. A suffix meaning produced, generated; as, exogen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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