HyperDic: gens

English > 1 sense of the word gens:
NOUNgroupgens, namefamily based on male descent
gens > pronunciation
Soundsjheh'nz
Rhymescleanse ... sens: 5 rhymes with ehnz...
English > gens: 1 sense > noun 1, group
Meaningfamily based on male descent.
Synonymname
Broaderfamily, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratryPeople descended from a common ancestor
Spanishgens
Catalangens

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