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sibling
[sib-ling]
noun
a brother or sister.
Anthropology.a comember of a sib, a unilateral descent group thought to share kinship through a common ancestor.
adjective
of or relating to a brother or sister.
sibling rivalry.
sibling
/ ˈɪɪŋ /
noun
a person's brother or sister
( as modifier )
sibling rivalry
any fellow member of a sib
Other 51Թ Forms
- half-sibling noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sibling1
Example Sentences
On the same ambulance were two boys suffering from cancer, along with their mothers and two younger siblings.
An 11-year-old Palestinian boy who survived an Israeli air strike in Gaza last month, which killed his father and nine siblings, is being evacuated to Italy for treatment.
He said there was "nothing at this moment that can alleviate the pain that the parents, grandparents, siblings and friends of those murdered are feeling".
"This girl is actually the breadwinner of the family. She's taking all her siblings to school and nobody talks about it as a bad thing any more," he says.
Elizabeth, in “The Better Sister,” you portray Nicky, a sister estranged from her sibling who’s been through quite a bit of her own trauma.
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