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Meaning of families of the mafia

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

families

noun

Definitions

  1. A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.

    Example: Our family lives in town.

  2. An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.

    Example: 1915, William T. Groves, A History and Genealogy of the Groves Family in America

  3. A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.

    Example: Our company is one big happy family.

  4. Lineage, especially an honorable one

noun

Definitions

  1. A person belonging to a particular family; a close relative or relation.