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sib
[ sib ]
/ sɪb /
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adjective
related by blood; akin.
noun
a kinsman; relative.
one's kin or kindred.
Anthropology. a unilateral descent group.
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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”; cf. gossip
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British Dictionary definitions for sib (1 of 2)
sib
/ (sɪb) /
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
British Dictionary definitions for sib (2 of 2)
SIB
abbreviation for (in Britain)
(the former) Securities and Investments Board
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