sisterson
sisterson noun: the son of one's sister; sororal nephew.
Noun
sisterson (plural sistersons)
- The son of one's sister; sororal nephew
- But next year, to conserve the soil, it'll be put in alfalfa, and my sisterson Willy takes care of it then.1974, Martin Harry Greenberg, Patricia S. Warrick, Political Science Fiction
- The Svarfdalers came out there to the coast; among their company were the Thorgrimssons, sistersons of Ljot, and the men of Ljot's household.1989, E. S. Shaffer, Comparative Criticism
Examples of sisterson in a sentence
- […] Canon Tiedemann Giese (Polish Gize), a sisterson of the Ferbers Mauritius, Eberhard, and Hildebrand, to publish the pamphlet Floscvlorvm Lvtheranorvm De fide et operibus avēηλoуıкov, […]2003, Jeremi Wasiutyński, The Solar Mystery:
- And the sistersons of Taminy were angry, too.2013, Iver Cooper, 1636: Seas of Fortune:
Forms of sisterson
| plural | sistersons |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sister-son |
Origin of sisterson
From Middle English systerson, sustersone, from Old English sweostorsunu, from Proto-West Germanic *swestersunu, from Proto-Germanic *swestērsunuz, equivalent to sister + son.
Questions about sisterson
- What does sisterson mean?
- Sisterson means the son of one's sister; sororal nephew.
- How do you use sisterson in a sentence?
- […] Canon Tiedemann Giese (Polish Gize), a sisterson of the Ferbers Mauritius, Eberhard, and Hildebrand, to publish the pamphlet Floscvlorvm Lvtheranorvm De fide et operibus avēηλoуıкov, […]
- What part of speech is sisterson?
- Sisterson is a noun.
- What is the plural of sisterson?
- The plural of sisterson is sistersons.
Words near sisterson in the dictionary
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