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FOLKS |
One’s parents |
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EURASIAN |
One born of European parents in Asia. |
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ORPHAN |
Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent. |
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SON-IN-LAW |
The husband of one's daughter; a man in his
relationship to his wife's parents. |
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CHRISTIAN |
One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents,
and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system. |
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HALF-CASTE |
One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a
Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective; as, half-caste
parents. |
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ADOPTION |
The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary
acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own
child. |
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MOTHERING |
A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on
Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother
church to make offerings at the high altar. |
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PREPOTENCY |
The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as
compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of
characteristics to their offspring. |
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GUARDIAN |
One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the
person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a
person incapable of managing his own affairs. |
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ADOPT |
To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir,
friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other
parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. |
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FAMILY |
The collective body of persons who live in one house,
and under one head or manager; a household, including parents,
children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders. |
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SISTER |
A female who has the same parents with another person, or
who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely
called a half sister. The correlative of brother. |
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DISOBEY |
Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior
or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in
authority); to vi... |
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DUTIFUL |
Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by
one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference;
submissive to natur... |
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CREOLE |
One born of European parents in the American colonies of
France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. a
person of Frenc... |