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Definition
connected
in various senses, including:
- a person related by blood or marriage — as in "The hospital won't let me visit her because I'm not a relative."
- a plant or animal related by origin or grouping — "The closest relative of the dog is the gray wolf."
- I don't have nothing to offer your relatives but just what they offer me.
There are no more uses of "relative" in The Color Purple.
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