Word Meanings - GRANDNEPHEW - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The grandson of one's brother or sister.
Related words: (words related to GRANDNEPHEW)
- 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.