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noun
A group of people who are not biologically related but who have formed a supportive group that fills the role normally expected to be supplied by the family one is born into.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: family of choice, found family, kith and kin
Antonyms: biological family
History
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