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1 —3 uses as in:
they are relatives
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."
- She's so lovely that scores of young men will prod their relatives to introduce them.Chapter 6 (86% in)
- An orphan girl, a girl no one expected much from, someone who'd been dumped in a school because her relatives thought of her as a burden, a girl the other girls laugh at for her lack of grace, charm, and beauty .... that girl might show them all one day."Chapter 6 (21% in)
- Sudden interest overtakes my grandmother, who, I'm sure, is wondering at this very moment whether Ann's relatives are rich or titled or both.Chapter 26 (54% in)
There are no more uses of "relative" flagged with this meaning in A Great and Terrible Beauty.
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? —2 uses
exact meaning not specified
- Probably a brother or other relative.Chapter 9 (42% in)
- That's a nice way of saying "one of our charity cases," some poor girl packed off to school by a distant relative or given a scholarship by one of Spence's benefactors.Chapter 4 (87% in)
There are no more uses of "relative" in A Great and Terrible Beauty.
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