"first family" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: first families [plural]
Etymology: Appellatisization of First Family. Head templates: {{en-noun}} first family (plural first families)
  1. (generic) A nuclear family that is or was a First Family, when speaking non-specifically. Coordinate_terms: First Family, first gentleman, First Gentleman, First Lady, first lady, second family, Second Family
    Sense id: en-first_family-en-noun-Q6EZCmJS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. A family of great importance or influence.
    Sense id: en-first_family-en-noun-PNPnWcmz

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "74 26",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "word": "First Lady"
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        },
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        "(generic) A nuclear family that is or was a First Family, when speaking non-specifically."
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          "text": "They walked up the Fifth Avenue, where, for instance, he had told them that all the first families lived. But the first families were out of town, and our young travelers had only the satisfaction of seeing some of the second—or perhaps even the third—taking the evening air upon balconies and high flights of doorsteps, in the streets which radiate from the more ornamental thoroughfare.",
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    {
      "word": "first gentleman"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "First Lady"
    },
    {
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