first family


first family

n.1. A family having high social status, often because of descent from the first settlers of a place.2. also First Family The family of the chief executive of a city, state, or country.

first′ fam′ily


n. 1. a family having the highest or one of the highest social ranks in a given place. 2. (often caps.) the family of the president of the U.S. or the family of the governor of a state. [1835–45]