Generation, descent, lineage; a race, breed, stock; offspring, progeny; = strain, n.1 4–7.

Ties of birth or heredity, esp. those connecting a person to his or her parents or ancestors; family background, lineage, descent; (also more…

Race, kind, family; company.

The descendants of a common ancestor; a race, stock, line.

A particular class or kind of person. man's nation n. humankind. Obsolete.

In earlier use typically (usually with modifying adjective): a group of people united by shared beliefs, interests, or character. In later use…

A class or type of person or thing marked in some distinctive way. Likeness, resemblance, image; a type or class of person bearing some…

A lineage, a stock.

Figurative uses developed from sense A. 2. A race, ethnical kindred; also, a race or family (of animals or plants); a related group, ‘family’ (of…

An ethnic stock, a race.

A group or class of people regarded as having properties or attributes in common; esp. a group considered as having a common origin or comprising…

A growing or bursting forth of plants, vegetation, etc.; a growth or crop. Also (in early use): a race, the descendants of a common ancestor (cf…

A group of several tribes or peoples, regarded as forming a distinct ethnic set.

A race or people. Obsolete.

A group of persons belonging to a particular nation; a nation; an ethnic or racial group.