sib
Americanadjective
noun
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a kinsman; relative.
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one's kin or kindred.
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Anthropology. a unilateral descent group.
noun
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a blood relative
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a brother or sister; sibling
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kinsmen collectively; kindred
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any social unit that is bonded by kinship through one line of descent only
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of sib
First recorded before 900; Middle English sib(e), sibb(e), Old English sib(b) (originally an adjective); cognate with Old Norse sifjar (plural) “relatives,” Old Frisian sib (adjective), sibba (noun), Middle Dutch sibbe (noun and adjective), German Sippe “kin”; gossip
Example Sentences
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Awful in Celadon: I would alert the sib that parameters have been received and noted, and they will be treated as suggestions, not marching orders, thanks in advance for understanding.
From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2023
Greg’s teen sib is a pill, too, especially next to his sage mom, antsy dad and supercute moppet kid-brother.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021
With community support my sib lives in an apartment, with visits from our family members who help with housework.
From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2015
Working with that emotional clay, a big brother could easily shape his little sib into nearly anything he wanted.
From Time • Jan. 8, 2015
There is furthermore the Gothic sibja, Anglosaxon sib, old High German sippia, sippa, High German sippe.
From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich
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