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Obsolete form of et ux. [(law) "and wife", or "and his wife"]
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(US, Canada, South Africa) A party held for a man who is about to be married, normally attended only by male friends and relatives.
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A person who has the same birthday as another.
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A large number of children in a family; a large family.
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Resembling or characteristic of a bridegroom.
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(law) The ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made directly or indirectly by an obligor, usually the noncustodial parent, to an obligee, usually the custodial parent or other guardian, for the financial care and support of children of a relationship or marriage that has been terminated, or which never existed.
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Alternative spelling of child bride. [A very young bride, usually coerced or pressured into nuptials with a much older man, as practiced in some cultures.]
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Initialism of child support. [(law) The ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made directly or indirectly by an obligor, usually the noncustodial parent, to an obligee, usually the custodial parent or other guardian, for the financial care and support of children of a relationship or marriage that has been terminated, or which never existed.]
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The condition or status of a damsel.
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A household with additional members compared to a nuclear family.
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(set theory, countable) A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.
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(countable) A group of family members who are posed together.
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Synonym of parental leave
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(sociology) The family in which an individual grows up.
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Political and social beliefs that hold the nuclear family to be the essential ethical and moral unit of society.
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Promoting the welfare of the family structure.
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(informal) Suitable for, or characteristic of, family.
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A household in which a child is raised by someone other than their natural or adoptive parent.
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The condition of being the foster child.
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The relationship between foster parent and foster child.
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Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
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(Britain) A children's card game played with a pack of 44 picture cards that depict a father, mother son and daughter of 11 families mostly having occupational surnames (e.g. Mr Bun the Baker); players have to collect entire families
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A "bachelor seal"; a holluschickie.
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A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
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Marriage between people belonging to different groups, such as different racial, ethnic, or religious groups; mixed marriage.
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(US, also in plural) Relatives, relations.
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(Northern England, Scotland, rural, countable) An acquaintance or a friend.
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Both friends and family.
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(uncountable) The condition of being a maiden; the time when one is a maiden or young girl.
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(biology) Someone or something that mates.
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A leave of absence from a job for a mother to care of a baby.
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A gift traditionally given in some (especially Germanic) cultures by the husband to his wife on the first morning after they were married.
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Alternative form of newlywed [A recently married person.]
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Resembling or characteristic of a nun.
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The condition or characteristics of a spinster.
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A group of people who get along well together.
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(Saskatchewan) A former film classification advising that viewers under 14 years of age be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
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A leave of absence from a job for a parent to take care of a baby.
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Such a group, together with children of members of the group.
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Alternative form of rellie [(informal) relative (someone in the same family)]
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(Australia, colloquial, informal) A relative.
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Second of a particular type to be born to a parent or family.
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(dated) An unmarried woman; a spinster.
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One who spins (puts a spin on) a political media story so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance; a spin doctor, spin merchant or spinmeister.
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The state of being a spinster.
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The state or quality of being spinsterish.
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The state of a woman who is a spinster, i.e. unwed.
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Resembling or characteristic of a spinster.
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The state of being a spinster.
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(obsolete) A woman who spins.
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(countable, usually attributive) An unmarried man; a bachelor; a man not accompanying a woman at a social event.
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(dated) The state of being a spinster.
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Resembling or characteristic of a wedding.
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(colloquial) Yourself and your family or loved ones, usually in salutations.
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