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tens | gens |

As an initialism tens

is .

As a noun gens is

.

tens

English

Noun

(head)
  • English plurals
  • (poker slang) A pair of .
  • The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The teens, the oneties. Short for the nineteen-tens, twenty-tens, etc.

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    gens

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortened from generations.

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • generations
    • See also
    * gen

    Etymology 2

    (wikipedia gens) From (etyl) ; see also gentile, gender, genus, generate.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (historical) A legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related by birth, marriage or adoption, but allowing a greater amount of time between members and their common ancestor than is commonly implied by the term related.
  • (anthropology) A tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line.
  • * 1919 , :
    • The taboos, the laws, the rules of genses , tribes, and nations, from the lowest to the highest, are upheld by a vague terror and sacred awe which society impresses on man by threats of ill-luck, fearful evil, and terrible punishments befalling sinners and transgressors of the tabooed, of the holy and the forbidden, charged with a mysterious, highly contagious, and virulently infective life-consuming energy.

    Usage notes

    (historical Roman unit of society) The concept is close to and often translated as clan, but the two are not identical. The alternative tribe is also sometimes used, but the (etyl) tribus has a separate meaning.

    Synonyms

    (historical Roman unit of society) clan, tribe

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