Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

his line

English answer:

his ancestors

Added to glossary by gladbird
Apr 2, 2016 16:10
8 yrs ago
English term

his line

Non-PRO English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
In these days of nouveaux riches it is refreshing to find a case where the scion of an old county family which has fallen upon evil days is able to make his own fortune and to bring it back with him to restore the fallen grandeur of his line.
(does his line mean his ancestors?)
Change log

Apr 3, 2016 00:36: philgoddard changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Charles Davis, Yasutomo Kanazawa, philgoddard

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his ancestors

or family going back generations

see
Genealogy of the British Royal Family - Wikipedia, the free ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy_of_the_British_Royal...
The recorded genealogy of the British Royal Family traces back to the early Middle Ages. ..... 940-50), earliest-known male-line ancestor of Queen Victoria.

Family Tree Heritage: Home
www.familytreeheritage.biz/
Family Tree Heritage brings you powerful yet easy-to-use features to help you ... to add background colors to the name boxes for individuals and/or family lines.
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : It has snobbish implications, since it means that they've studiously avoided marrying non-aristocrats.
1 min
agree Charles Davis
3 mins
agree Yasutomo Kanazawa
38 mins
agree David Hollywood
1 hr
agree airmailrpl
4 hrs
agree jccantrell
1 day 10 hrs
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