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first family

first family noun: a nuclear family that is or was a First Family, when speaking non-specifically.

Noun

first family (plural first families)

  1. (generic) A nuclear family that is or was a First Family, when speaking non-specifically.
  2. A family of great importance or influence.
    • They walked up the Fifth Avenue, where, for instance, he had told them that all the first families lived. But the first families were out of town, and our young travelers had only the satisfaction of seeing some of the second—or perhaps even the third—taking the evening air upon balconies and high...1878, Henry James, An International Episode

Proper noun capitalized: First Family

First Family

  1. The family of the President of the United States.
  2. (broadly) The immediate family of a political chief executive.

Forms of first family

pluralfirst families

Origin of first family

An appellativization of First Family.

Questions about first family

What does first family mean?
First family means a nuclear family that is or was a First Family, when speaking non-specifically.
What part of speech is first family?
First family can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of first family?
The plural of first family is first families.

Words near first family in the dictionary

  1. First Empire
  2. first estate
  3. first exit time
  4. first exit times
  5. first families
  6. first family
  7. first fiddle
  8. first fiddles
  9. first fifteen
  10. first finger
  11. first fingers

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