(~s)
Someone’s ~ is the series of families from which they are directly descended. (FORMAL)
They can trace their ~ directly back to the 18th century.
N-VAR
(~s)
Someone’s ~ is the series of families from which they are directly descended. (FORMAL)
They can trace their ~ directly back to the 18th century.
N-VAR
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012