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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sibling1

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

Origin of sibling1

C19: specialized modern use of Old English sibling relative, from sib ; see -ling 1
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She is survived by her daughter Piper, her son Trevor, and her siblings Karen and Michael and four grandchildren.

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The eldest of five siblings, he often described their bond as being "as close as the fingers of one hand."

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"It was a different way of trying to bond with a sibling, for sure," added the 33-year-old.

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She was staying with her mother, father, four siblings and grandmother — affectionately known as Nema — at the Pasadena Convention Center, which had been transformed into an emergency relief facility.

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When her own mother visited two years after she and her siblings arrived at the school, it was to inform them that she’d remarried and had no room for them.

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