It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to carry—dignified, solid, and reassuring.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Merriam-Webster
— the basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their children
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Macmillan
— a group of people who live together and are related to one another, usually consisting of parents and children: can be followed by a singular or plural verb
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37 uses of ‘family’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle