step-sibling

See also: stepsibling

English

Etymology

step- +‎ sibling

Noun

step-sibling (plural step-siblings)

  1. Alternative form of stepsibling
    • 1922, Edward Winslow Gifford, Californian Kinship Terminologies, volume 18, page 191:
      Northern Wintun (16a) utilizes a term, also applied to co-wife or co-husband, which signifies parallel cousin of like sex and step-sibling of like sex; the four usual sibling terms are also employed.
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