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haveage

haveage noun: lineage; family background.

Noun

haveage (countable and uncountable, plural haveages)

  1. (archaic) Lineage; family background.
    • In neighbourliness, then, and for the sake of his haveage, Nicky Nan's first welcome home had been kindly enough.1914 November, Arthur Quiller-Couch, “Nicky-Nan, Reservist”, in Blackwood's Magazine, volume 196, number 1189, page 677
    • As to her haveage I am as ignorant as yourselves.1916, Ashton Hilliers, “Demi-Royal”, in The Living Age, volume 291, page 213

Forms of haveage

pluralhaveages
alternative formhavage

Questions about haveage

What does haveage mean?
Haveage means lineage; family background.
What part of speech is haveage?
Haveage is a noun.
What is the plural of haveage?
The plural of haveage is haveages.

Words near haveage in the dictionary

  1. have-not
  2. have-not province
  3. have-not provinces
  4. have-nots
  5. haveable
  6. haveage
  7. haveages
  8. haveing
  9. Havel
  10. haveli
  11. havelis

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