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单词 joint family
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joint family


noun

a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
Also called joint household.

Origin of joint family

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby joint family

joint custody, joint density function, jointed, jointer, jointer plane, joint family, join the club, joint ill, joint issue, jointless, joint life annuity
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Example sentences from the Web for joint family

  • It may be compared with the conditions in the joint-family communities of the American Indians.

    The Position of Woman in Primitive Society|C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Poor and broken tribesmen, not having sufficient wealth to qualify them as Aires, formed a “joint-family,” or Congilda.

    Ireland under the Tudors, Volume I (of II)|Richard Bagwell
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