stirps

[ sturps ]

/ stɜrps /

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noun, plural stir·pes [stur-peez]. /ˈstɜr piz/.

a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.

Law. a person from whom a family is descended.

Biology Now Rare. a family, superfamily, or permanent variety.

Origin of stirps

1675–85; <Latin: rootstock, trunk

Words nearby stirps

Stirling engine, Stirling's formula, Stirlingshire, stirp, stirpiculture, stirps, stirrer, stirring, stirrup, stirrup bone, stirrup cup

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Example sentences from the Web for stirps

The principal characters of the story, belonging to the stirps Muciana, are purely imaginary.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2|Ernst Eckstein
Among the Iroquois descent was never reckoned through the male line, the stirps being always a woman.
The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha|Ellen H. Walworth
Some took the additional name from the stirps instead of from the gns, that is, from the cognmen instead of from the nmen.
The Private Life of the Romans|Harold Whetstone Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for stirps

stirps

/ (stɜːps) /

noun plural stirpes (ˈstɜːpiːz)

genealogy a line of descendants from an ancestor; stock or strain

botany a race or variety, esp one in which the characters are maintained by cultivation

Word Origin for stirps

C17: from Latin: root, family origin

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	stirps
释义	stirps [ sturps ] / stɜrps / SEE SYNONYMS FOR stirps ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural stir·pes [stur-peez]. /ˈstɜr piz/. a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent. Law. a person from whom a family is descended. Biology Now Rare. a family, superfamily, or permanent variety. Origin of stirps 1675–85; <Latin: rootstock, trunk Words nearby stirps Stirling engine, Stirling's formula, Stirlingshire, stirp, stirpiculture, stirps, stirrer, stirring, stirrup, stirrup bone, stirrup cup Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stirps The principal characters of the story, belonging to the stirps Muciana, are purely imaginary. Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2\|Ernst Eckstein Among the Iroquois descent was never reckoned through the male line, the stirps being always a woman. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha\|Ellen H. Walworth Some took the additional name from the stirps instead of from the gns, that is, from the cognmen instead of from the nmen. The Private Life of the Romans\|Harold Whetstone Johnston British Dictionary definitions for stirps stirps / (stɜːps) / noun plural stirpes (ˈstɜːpiːz) genealogy a line of descendants from an ancestor; stock or strain botany a race or variety, esp one in which the characters are maintained by cultivation Word Origin for stirps C17: from Latin: root, family origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to stirps origin, clan, pedigree, genealogy, descent, lineage, ancestry, genetics, tribe, progeny, family, house, kin, breed, kindred, extraction, heredity, race, blood, birth
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stirps

noun, plural stir·pes [stur-peez]. /ˈstɜr piz/.

Origin of stirps

Words nearby stirps

Example sentences from the Web for stirps

British Dictionary definitions for stirps

noun plural stirpes (ˈstɜːpiːz)

Word Origin for stirps

Words related to stirps