milk-sibling

A form of milk sibling — A person who is not one's biological sibling but was nursed by the same woman as oneself.

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Meanings

nounmilk-sibling (plural milk-siblings)

plural milk-siblings

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of milk sibling.

    He died cut down on board ship, on the north side of Agangnionjoq, seawards of Lipukasiq, during harvest in Maros, on the third night of the month, cut down by his milk-sibling.

    2007, William Cummings, A Chain of Kings: The Makassarese Chronicles of Gowa and Talloq, →ISBN, page 38
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APA

milk-sibling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk-sibling

MLA

“milk-sibling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk-sibling. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “milk-sibling,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk-sibling.

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