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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. One of two or more individuals having one or both parents in common; a brother or sister.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A member of a family born to the same parents; a brother or a sister considered without reference to sex.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A person who shares same parents. One's brother or sister.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. a brother or a sister.
  2. adj. of or pertaining to a sibling, n.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a person's brother or sister

Etymologies

  1. Middle English, from Old English, from sibb, kinsman; see sib. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • mollusque Also used in sibling species. Jan 7, 2008

  • misterpolly A very useful word and one that seems to be making a comeback. It works especially well with an adjectival function (sibling jealousy/rivalry). A bit unusual in the plural ("I have three siblings") where the speaker seems to be trying to hide something. Other European languages deal with this in different ways: in Italian your brothers and sisters are all "fratelli" (male gender still dominates) but in German they are "Geschwister" which sounds more feminine. Jan 7, 2008

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