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cross-siblings

cross-siblings is the plural of cross-sibling.

Meaning of cross-sibling

Noun

cross-sibling (plural cross-siblings)

  1. An opposite-sex sibling or parallel cousin.
    • Ifaluk society even forbids smoking in the presence of one's cross-siblings, because it involves movements and gestures with sexual connotations.1998, Charles William Nuckolls, Culture: A Problem That Cannot Be Solved, page 65
  2. (neologism) The half-sibling of one's half-sibling; a person with whom one shares a half-sibling, but no parents.
    • As cross-siblings we're not in any way bound to each other; our relationship is optional, we don't have to get on – we just do.2013 December 28, Janelle Butterfield, “I bonded with my cross-sister – we share half-brothers”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2013

Questions about cross-siblings

What is cross-siblings the plural of?
Cross-siblings is the plural of cross-sibling.

Words near cross-siblings in the dictionary

  1. cross-sex
  2. cross-shaped
  3. cross-shot
  4. cross-shots
  5. cross-sibling
  6. cross-siblings
  7. cross-sill
  8. cross-sills
  9. cross-site
  10. cross-site request forgeries
  11. cross-site request forgery

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