ramage

[ram-ij]

noun Anthropology.

a descent group composed of individuals descended from one ancestor through any combination of male and female links.

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Origin of ramage

1610–20, in sense “the branches of a tree” (1936 in this sense); < French, equivalent to ram- (Old French ram, raim) branch (< Latin rāmus) + -age -age

Examples from the Web for ramage

She resolved to go into the City to Ramage and ask for his advice.
Ann Veronica|H. G. Wells
Ramage pursed his rather loose lips and shrugged his shoulders, with his eyes fixed steadily upon her.
Ann Veronica|H. G. Wells
She saw, twenty yards down the platform, the shiny hat and broad back and inimitable swagger of Ramage.
Ann Veronica|H. G. Wells
She wanted first of all to fling the forty pounds back into Ramage's face.
Ann Veronica|H. G. Wells

If she mentioned Ramage he might have a fit—anything might happen.
Ann Veronica|H. G. Wells