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Definition of Family tree
1. Noun. Successive generations of kin.
Generic synonyms: Clan, Kin, Kin Group, Kindred, Kinship Group, Tribe
Specialized synonyms: Ancestry, Blood, Blood Line, Bloodline, Descent, Line, Line Of Descent, Lineage, Origin, Parentage, Pedigree, Stemma, Stock
Derivative terms: Genealogical, Genealogist
Definition of Family tree
1. Noun. The totality of someone's ancestors. ¹
2. Noun. A diagrammatic representation of a pedigree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Tree
Literary usage of Family tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"DENIS DUVAL CHAPTER I THE family tree TO plague my wife, who does not understand
pleasantries in the matter of pedigree, I once drew a fine family tree of ..."
2. The Sacred Tree: Or, The Tree in Religion and Myth by J. H. Philpot (1897)
"Should the child die and the tree survive, the human soul will inhabit the tree
for the rest of its life.1 The family tree and the community tree were ..."
3. An Indoeuropean Classification: A Lexicostatistical Experiment by Isidore Dyen, Joseph B. Kruskal, Paul Black (1992)
"... of descent 95 definition of differences of interest 22 definition of external
validity of method 7 definition of family tree 1 definition of family tree ..."
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