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after |
If a girl is named after her grandmother, it means that her parents gave her the same name as her grandmother. If a boy is named after his father, it means that his parents gave him the same name as his father. [1/5 definitions] |
aunt |
the sister of one's mother or father. [1/2 definitions] |
brother |
a male person having the same mother or father as another person. [1/2 definitions] |
caregiver |
A caregiver is a person who lives with and takes care of a child in a responsible way. A caregiver can be a family member, like a mother, father, aunt, stepfather, or grandparent, or it can be another person. [1/2 definitions] |
dad |
(informal) father. |
daddy |
(informal) father. |
either |
When you can either play a game with your sister or go shopping with your mother, it means that you have a choice between these two things. If your father is either in the kitchen or in the living room, then there are two possible places where he can be. Of course, he can't be in both places! [1/5 definitions] |
family |
A family is a group of people who are related to each other by birth or by marriage. A family by birth begins with a mother, a father, and a child. Sisters, brothers, grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, uncles, and cousins are some more people who can be part of a family. We also use the word "family" to describe people who are related to each other by marriage. For example, a child and a stepmother together can be called a family. [1/5 definitions] |
father |
A father is a man who is a parent. [3 definitions] |
father-in-law |
the father of a person's wife or husband. |
grandfather |
the father of a person's mother or father. |
grandmother |
the mother of a person's father or mother. |
grandpa |
Grandpa is what some people call their grandfather, just like many people call their father "dad." |
grandparent |
the father or mother of one's parent; a grandmother or grandfather. |
great-grandfather |
the grandfather of a person's mother or father. |
great-grandmother |
the grandmother of a person's mother or father. |
half |
If you have a half brother, you share one parent with him but not both parents. Your mother is also his mother, OR your father is also his father. [1/5 definitions] |
heir |
An heir is a person who has the right to receive someone else's property or rank after that person dies. If a daughter is her father's heir, for example, it means that she will receive her father's property when he dies. If a boy is a king's heir, the boy will receive property, but he will also receive the rank of king. That means that will become king when his father dies. |
Jr. |
"Jr." is an abbreviation of the word "Junior." "Junior" means "younger," and it used after the name of a son when the son's father has the same name. For example, a man named "Martin Clark" might have a son named "Martin Clark Junior." We usually write a name like this as "Martin Clark Jr." We pronounce the abbreviation just like the word "Junior." |
junior |
younger (used especially after one's name when one has the same first and last name as one's father and often abbreviated as "Jr.") [1/5 definitions] |
king |
A king is a ruler of a country and sometimes wears a crown. When a boy or man becomes king of a country, he stays the king for the rest of his life. The people of a country do not choose who will be their king. A man can become king only if his father or someone in his family was a ruler before him. [1/4 definitions] |
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