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blood relative
noun as in blood relation
noun as in flesh and blood
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Our Islamic traditions stipulate that a woman must not be left alone with a man who is not her mahram, her close blood relative.
He was the only surviving blood-relative of Paul Jones in this country, being his great-grandnephew.
You are neither a blood relative nor a relation by marriage of the accused, you are not in his service and he is not in yours.
Besides, I've never seen a really, truly blood relative in my life, and there's your daughter.
If no blood relative is available, a kinsman by marriage assumes the task.
A silly pretty puss of a girl would not have excited it, nor an avowed blood-relative of the demagogue.
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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to blood relative, such as: biological relationship, blood, blood brother, blood relationship, blood sister, and consanguinean.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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