"county family" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: county families [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} county family (plural county families)
  1. (Britain, Ireland) In Britain and Ireland, a family of the landed gentry. Tags: Britain, Ireland
    Sense id: en-county_family-en-noun-7CToLDH0 Categories (other): British English, Irish English

Inflected forms

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