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noun
- A chief of a tribe of the American Natives; a sagamore.
noun
- a chief of several Native American tribes, especially of the Algonquians
noun
- The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from
verb
- The removal of the part of the head from where the hair grows, by brutal act or accident.
- (context, slang) To sell for a greatly inflated price to those in desperation, as in scalping tickets to a ball game.
noun
- divination using shoulder bones
noun ( plural: second cousins)
- One of the persons who have a common great-grandparent. Grandchild of one"s grandaunt or granduncle.
noun
- A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; -- used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland.
- The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his followed his example. - w:Samuel Lover, Samuel Lover
noun
- A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds.
noun
- A blood relation.
adjective
- related, by birth or descent; similar to
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1980: But she got up to go, and Domenico obeyed me too in mock meekness, making himself and coeval to Hortense, submissive to frowning elder brother, something incestuous in it. " Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers
noun
- one's brother or sister
noun
- cultural anthropology
noun
- The fact or act of survive, surviving; continued existence or life.
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His in the open ocean was a miracle; he had fully expected to die.
- (as a modifier) Of, relating to or aiding survival.
- His kit had all the things he needed in the wilderness.
noun
- A cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, and adopted more recently (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of Nazism and fascism.
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