noun
Meaning 1
plural of stirps
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Usage: form-of, plural
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stirpes
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noun
Meaning 2
plural of stirp
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Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 3
branches, lines of descent, used in the legal expression per stirpes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Topics: law
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History
Etymology
From Latin stirpēs, a plural and a collateral form of stirps (“rootstock”).