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Sibling Common

Sibling has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a person's brother or sister

"My sibling helped me move all my boxes to the new apartment last weekend."

2

A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.

"After years of arguing, my sibling and I finally decided to start over on our own terms."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
relative
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
half blood quadruplet quintuplet triplet twin

Origin

The word sibling is a modern revival from Old English, formed by combining "sib" and the suffix "-ling." Originally meaning any relative or kinsman, its specific sense referring to brothers and sisters only emerged in the 20th century with the rise of genetics.

Rhyming Words
ing ging ying sing ling xing ting zing fing hing qing ving ring jing ping king ning oing ding ming
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