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Word Meanings - GRANDNEPHEW - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The grandson of one's brother or sister.

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  • SISTER
    AS. sweostor, sweoster, swuster, akin to OFries. sweester, suster, LG. süster, suster, D. zuster, OS. & OHG. swestar, G. schwester, Icel. systir, Sw. syster, Dan. söster, Goth. swistar, Lith. ses, Russ. sestra, Pol. siostra, L. soror, Skr. svasr.
  • BROTHERLY
    Of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love. Syn. -- Fraternal; kind; affectionate; tender.
  • BROTHER
    brother, AS. bro; akin to OS. brothar, D. broeder, OHG. pruodar, G. bruder, Icel. bro, Sw. & Dan. broder, Goth. bro, Ir. brathair, W. brawd, pl. brodyr, Lith. brolis, Lett. brahlis, Russ. brat', Pol. & Serv. brat, OSlav. brat, L. frater,
  • BROTHER GERMAN
    A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only. Bouvier.
  • BROTHERLINESS
    The state or quality of being brotherly.
  • GRANDSON
    A son's or daughter's son.
  • SISTERING
    Contiguous. Shak.
  • BROTHERHOOD
    1. The state of being brothers or a brother. 2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity. 3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical
  • SISTERLY
    Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse. Shak.
  • BROTHER-IN-LAW
    The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.
  • SISTER-IN-LAW
    The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of one's husband's or wife's brother.
  • SISTERHOOD
    1. The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister. She . . . abhorr'd Her proper blood, and left to do the part Of sisterhood, to do that of a wife. Daniel. 2. A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith
  • GREAT-GRANDSON
    A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.
  • ASSISTER
    An assistant; a helper.
  • STEPSISTER
    A daughter of one's stepfather or stepmother by a former marriage.
  • UNSISTER
    To separate, as sisters; to disjoin. Tennyson.
  • STEPBROTHER
    A brother by the marriage of one's father with the mother of another, or of one's mother with the father of another.
  • HALF-BROTHER
    A brother by one parent, but not by both.
  • RESISTER
    One who resists.
  • HALF-SISTER
    A sister by one parent only.
  • UNSISTERLY
    Not sisterly. Richardson.

 

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