first family

first family
noun
Usage: sometimes capitalized both Fs
1. : a family of high social rank or pretensions especially due to descent from the first settlers of a place

those few inhabitants of Boston who regard themselves as the … end-all American civilization — the thirty or forty first families — Katharine Rosin

— abbr. FF
2. : the family enjoying preeminent status in some place

the closest relatives of the young god-king automatically became the nation's first family — Heinrich Harrer

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noun, pl ⋯ -lies [count]
1 or First Family : the family of the U.S. president

The First Family will be vacationing on a ranch this year.

2 : a family that has great importance, influence, or success in a specified activity or profession

He and his sons are considered the first family of jazz.

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the ˌfirst ˈfamily f36 [first family] noun singular
the family of the President of the United States

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