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Posthumous

Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter.

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Late 84% connected

Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

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Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

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Africander noun · 78% connection

One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a "colored" mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born o…

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Ancestor noun · 78% connection

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.

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Bastard noun · 78% connection

A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

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Brother german unknown · 78% connection

A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only.

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Carcass noun · 78% connection

A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.

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Coroner noun · 78% connection

An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterio…

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Countrywoman noun · 78% connection

A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or…

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Daughterliness noun · 78% connection

The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter.

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Dead adjective · 78% connection

Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.

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Elder adjective · 78% connection

Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now com…

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Eldest adjective · 78% connection

Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder.

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Father-in-law noun · 78% connection

The father of one's husband or wife; -- correlative to son-in-law and daughter-in-law.

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Granddaughter noun · 78% connection

The daughter of one's son or daughter.

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Grandfather noun · 78% connection

A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.

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Grandmother noun · 78% connection

The mother of one's father or mother.

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Half blood unknown · 78% connection

The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood…

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Hotchpotch noun · 78% connection

A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the an…

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Inherit verb · 78% connection

To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose esta…

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