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parentage |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Parentage \Par"ent*age\, n. [Cf. F. parentage relationship.] Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as a man of noble parentage. ``Wilt thou deny thy parentage?'' --Shak. Though men esteem thee low of parentage. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: parentage n 1: the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents [syn: {birth}] 2: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" [syn: {lineage}, {line}, {line of descent}, {descent}, {bloodline}, {blood line}, {blood}, {pedigree}, {ancestry}, {origin}, {stock}]
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