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second families

second families is the plural of second family.

Meaning of second family

Noun

second family (plural second families)

  1. a married man’s mistress and her children.
    • We have precedent for two opposite social attitudes toward second families, as they were called before legal second families through sequential marriage became so fashionable.1984, Judith Martin, Miss Manners' Guide to Rearing Perfect Children

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Questions about second families

What is second families the plural of?
Second families is the plural of second family.

Words near second families in the dictionary

  1. second divisions
  2. second down
  3. second downs
  4. Second Empire
  5. second estate
  6. second families
  7. second family
  8. second fiddle
  9. second fiddles
  10. second five-eighth
  11. second five-eighths

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