"second family" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: second families [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} second family (plural second families)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Second Family. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Second Family
    Sense id: en-second_family-en-noun-NdF1LRQf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2
  2. a married man’s mistress and her children.
    Sense id: en-second_family-en-noun-D4pRFmi-

Inflected forms

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