Stirps Definition

stûrps

stirpes

noun

A line of descendants of common ancestry; stock.

American Heritage

Family or branch of a family.

Webster's New World

The person from whom a family or branch of a family is descended.

Webster's New World

A branch of a family or of the family tree. See also per stirpes.

Webster's New World Law

(zoology, botany) A superfamily of animals or plants.

Wiktionary

Origin of Stirps

Borrowing from Latin stirps ("rootstock, stem").

From Wiktionary
Latin stem, lineage

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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