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parentage

[ pair-uhn-tij, par- ]

noun

  1. derivation or descent from parents or ancestors; birth, origin, or lineage:

    a man of distinguished parentage.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. the state or relation of a parent; parenthood.


parentage

/ ˈ±èɛə°ùÉ™²Ô³Ùɪ»åÏô /

noun

  1. ancestry
  2. derivation from a particular origin
  3. rare.
    parenthood
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of parentage1

From Middle French, dating back to 1480–90; parent, -age
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And although she didn’t know it, Estelle was misled about her parentage — her elder sister was actually her mother; the mother who raised them both was her grandmother.

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As an expert breeder, Wade Bennett can tell you the precise parentage of every one of the 140 head of Charolais cattle he keeps on a small holding on the edge of Nebraska’s rolling Sandhills.

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Still, though, It would be remiss to neglect to acknowledge that one of the film’s leads, Ortega, is a Hispanic actor, hailing from Mexican and Puerto Rican parentage.

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As an example, he flagged Trump's recent appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists, where Trump pretended to be confused over Harris's parentage.

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Senators have also accused her of being an operative or spy for China, citing her "opaque" answers to questions about her Chinese parentage.

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