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The Bronte family produced three novelists: Emily, Charlotte, and Anne.

is "family":
-adjective
-adverb
-preposition
-noun

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The word "family" in the sentence is used as a noun. Words that fall under this category are used to refer to either, persons, things, happenings, events, place, etc. The word is derived from the Latin word "nomen" which means name. 
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