( n. )
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.
( n. )
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012