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sibling

[sib-ling]

noun

  1. a brother or sister.

  2. Anthropology.a comember of a sib, a unilateral descent group thought to share kinship through a common ancestor.



adjective

  1. of or relating to a brother or sister.

    sibling rivalry.

sibling

/ ˈɪɪŋ /

noun

    1. a person's brother or sister

    2. ( as modifier )

      sibling rivalry

  1. any fellow member of a sib

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • half-sibling noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sibling1

before 1000; late Middle English: relative, Old English; sib, -ling 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sibling1

C19: specialized modern use of Old English sibling relative, from sib ; see -ling 1
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On the same ambulance were two boys suffering from cancer, along with their mothers and two younger siblings.

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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.

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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".

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"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.

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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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