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county family

county family noun: in Britain and Ireland, a family of the landed gentry.

Noun

county family (plural county families)

  1. (Ireland, UK) In Britain and Ireland, a family of the landed gentry.
    • Walford's County Families (title)1880, Edward Walford, Walford's County Families, Chatto & Windus

Forms of county family

pluralcounty families

Questions about county family

What does county family mean?
County family means in Britain and Ireland, a family of the landed gentry.
What part of speech is county family?
County family is a noun.
What is the plural of county family?
The plural of county family is county families.

Words near county family in the dictionary

  1. County Down
  2. County Durham
  3. county fair
  4. county fairs
  5. county families
  6. county family
  7. county farm
  8. county farms
  9. County Fermanagh
  10. County Gates
  11. county jail

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