Meaning

2 senses
  1. A nuclear family that is or was a First Family, when speaking non-specifically.

  2. A family of great importance or influence.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. I'm the first in my family to go to college.

    ruЯ первый в семье, кто пошёл в колледж. — ZegPhig

  2. Tom was the first in his family to go to college.

  3. Chrissie was the first in her family to go to university.

    deChrissie hat als erste in ihrer Familie studiert. — Waldelfe

  4. Tom was the first in his family to become a Canadian citizen.

  5. If a young man wants to marry a young woman, he may want to first get her family’s blessing.

    deWenn ein junger Mann eine junge Frau heiraten will, ist er in der Regel gut damit beraten, erst den Segen ihrer Familie einzuholen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

An appellativization of First Family.

An appellativization of First Family.

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Forms

plural: first families
Singularfirst family
Pluralfirst families

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
first family — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto