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rellie

rellie noun: relative (someone in the same family).

Noun

rellie (plural rellies)

  1. (informal) relative (someone in the same family)
    • Similary, corresponding with genealogists in Australia soon introduced me to "rellie." It took me some time to realize that this was not an abbreviation for pickle relish. It means relatives, as in "I just came back from visiting my rellies."2002 November, Ancestry magazine, page 56

Forms of rellie

pluralrellies

Origin of rellie

From relative + -ie.

Words that rhyme with rellie

15 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about rellie

What does rellie mean?
Rellie means relative (someone in the same family).
What part of speech is rellie?
Rellie is a noun.
What is the plural of rellie?
The plural of rellie is rellies.

Words near rellie in the dictionary

  1. rell-mouse
  2. Rella
  3. Rellas
  4. Reller
  5. Rellers
  6. rellie
  7. rellies
  8. rellish
  9. rellished
  10. rellishes
  11. rellishing

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