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paternals

paternals is the plural of paternal.

Meaning of paternal

Noun

paternal (plural paternals)

  1. (rare) A person related through the father, or his side of the family; a paternal relative.
    • Divide what? The estate that came from the father to the son. Amongst whom? The paternal brothers. If it means, that paternals and maternals shall now divide, as paternals formerly did, the whole sentence operates nothing; for without, the half blood on both sides, would have taken. But say it...1826 January, John Haywood, Judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court, “Jane C. Butler v. James M. King”, in George S. Yerger, William Frierson Cooper, editors, Tennessee Reports. Reports of Cases Argued...

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Questions about paternals

What is paternals the plural of?
Paternals is the plural of paternal.

Words near paternals in the dictionary

  1. paternalizers
  2. paternalizes
  3. paternalizing
  4. paternally
  5. paternalness
  6. paternals
  7. paternities
  8. paternity
  9. paternity leave
  10. paternity leaves
  11. paternity suit

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