Usually means: Family member who defies norms.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word black sheep:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. black sheep: Merriam-Webster
  2. black sheep: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. black sheep: Collins English Dictionary
  4. black sheep: Vocabulary.com
  5. black-sheep, black sheep: Wordnik
  6. black sheep: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. black sheep: Wiktionary
  8. black sheep: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. black sheep: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. black sheep: Dictionary.com
  11. black sheep: Online Etymology Dictionary
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  13. black sheep: Rhymezone
  14. black sheep: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  15. black sheep: FreeDictionary.org
  16. black sheep: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. black sheep: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. black sheep: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. the black sheep: Idioms
  4. black sheep: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. black sheep, black sheep: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)

(Note: See black_sheeps as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (black sheep)

noun:  (idiomatic) A nonconformist; an unusual or unconventional person, who may be rejected or disdained by others for this reason.
noun:  (idiomatic) A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy.
noun:  (idiomatic) A worker who refuses to strike; a scab.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, sheep.

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