gens

/dʒɛnz/
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Other forms: gentes

Definitions of gens
  1. noun
    family based on male descent
    synonyms: name
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    type of:
    family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept
    people descended from a common ancestor
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