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sisterson en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English systerson, sustersone, from Old English sweostorsunu, from Proto-West Germanic *swestersunu, from Proto-Germanic *swestērsunuz, equivalent to sister + son.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard, possibly, rare) The son of one's sister; sororal nephew
   • But the brothers and sons of Taminy were angry that Taminy was dead. And the sistersons of Taminy were angry, too. 2013, Iver Cooper, 1636: Seas of Fortune:
   • 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:
   • […] 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:
   • 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:
   • Slit nostrils and gouged eyes ensured that Apius's exiled sister-sons need not be considered by the Senators. 2010, Guy Gavriel Kay, Sailing to Sarantium:

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