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adjective

related by blood; akin.

noun

a kinsman; relative.
one's kin or kindred.
Anthropology. a unilateral descent group.

Origin of sib

before 900; Middle English sib(e), sibb(e), Old English sib(b) (orig. adj.); cognate with Old Norse sifjar (plural) relatives, Old Frisian sib (adj.), sibba (noun), Middle Dutch sibbe (noun and adj.), German Sippe kin; cf. gossip
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Related Words for sib

father, sibling, mother, cousin, folk, uncle, niece, aunt, relative, sister, brother, agnate, cognate, connection, blood, folks, relation, grandparents, sister-in-law, stepbrother

Examples from the Web for sib

Historical Examples of sib

  • Madame, is he sib to him that aided in the slaughter of Eastern's Eve night?'

    Two Penniless Princesses

    Charlotte M. Yonge

  • He had had letters from him that told how they were sib and rib.

  • Ye're ower het and ower fu', sib to some o' the laird's tenants.

    The Proverbs of Scotland

    Alexander Hislop

  • If you can't find a pet name for me you may call me Sibylla, or Sibyl, or just Sib.

    The Tigress

    Anne Warner

  • The earth is drunk with sweetness, and I see now how great joy is sib to great pain!

    Foes

    Mary Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for sib

sib

noun

a blood relative
a brother or sister; sibling
kinsmen collectively; kindred
any social unit that is bonded by kinship through one line of descent only

Word Origin for sib

Old English sibb; related to Old Norse sifjar relatives, Old High German sippa kinship, Latin suus one's own; see gossip

SIB

abbreviation for (in Britain)

(the former) Securities and Investments Board
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Word Origin and History for sib
n.

short for sibling, attested from 1957.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
sib in Medicine

sib

[sĭb]

n.

A blood relation; a relative.
A person's relatives when considered as a group; kinfolk.
A brother or sister; a sibling.

adj.

Related by blood; kindred.
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