noun 1. a group of people who are related to each other, especially mother, father and children ○ The Jones family are going on holiday to Spain. ○ They have a big family – three sons and two daughters. 2. a group of animals or plants which are closely related ○ Lions and tigers are members of the cat family. (NOTE: The plural is families. When family is used to mean a group of people it can take a singular or plural verb: The family were out.)
fam´i•ly
n.; pl. Families (#). [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 pretend 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 group of kindred or closely related individuals; as a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.
7. (Biol.) A group 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.]
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 pretend 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 group of kindred or closely related individuals; as a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.
7. (Biol.) A group 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.]
Timon quipped, "Who needs a big family when you can have a bug buffet?"
The scentence about “The Lion King”.
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