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(n)
A child of a parent's sibling; a nephew or niece of a parent; a child of one's uncle or aunt.
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A first cousin.
A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).
A male relative.
Son of the same parents as another person.
(informal) cousin (usually as a term of address)
(informal, US, UK) cousin (usually as a term of address, but not necessarily towards one's cousin)
The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
(often in the plural) A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).
A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
(slang) Brother (a male sibling).
An adult male human.
A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
A popular fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward.
Alternative form of homie. [(African-American Vernacular) Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.]
(African-American Vernacular) Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.
(uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
(informal) A cousin (usually as a term of address, but not necessarily towards one's cousin).
(adv)
(formal) In the first place; before anything else; first.
(zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.
Alternative spelling of kinfolk. [(US) Relatives, relations.]
The manner in which two things may be associated.
(collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
A female relative.
A male member of a clan.
(often plural only) Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
(US) Relatives, relations.
A person belonging to a particular family; a close relative or relation.
A person who is related to another through a common ancestor, and not merely by marriage or adoption.
A person who is relation through birth, as opposed to marriage or adoption.
(adj)
Related by birth or "by blood", i.e. having close ancestors in common.
a female member of a clan.
A member of the same clan.
(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.
A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
One’s female offspring.
(Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman.
Alternative spelling of fiancée. [(formal, somewhat dated) A woman who is engaged to be married; the woman to whom one is engaged.]
A mother of someone's parent.
The daughter of someone's child.
A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
A father of someone's parent.
Alternative spelling of fiancé. [A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.]
A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.
A surname.
A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
A son of one's child.
(in the narrow sense) The husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
The son of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.
(informal) Grandmother.
A student who is in the same class at school.
The daughter of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
The son of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
A male child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.
A grandson of one's sibling; a son of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's grandson: fraternal grandnephew. Sister's grandson: sororal grandnephew.)
A female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.
The wife of one's biological father, other than one's biological mother.
(N)
A sibling is one of two or more individuals having one or both parents in common.
(informal) grandfather
Alternative spelling of lady friend. [A female friend (used to avoid the possible ambiguity of the term girlfriend)]
Misspelling of daughter. [One’s female offspring.]
One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
Somebody with whom one works.
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.
Alternative form of granddaughter. [The daughter of someone's child.]
A city in Deschutes County, Oregon.
The son or daughter of one's half-uncle or half-aunt. A relative with one common grandparent.
The grandchild of a first cousin, or the first cousin of a grandparent; first cousin twice removed.
Husband or wife of one's cousin.
A cousin who is related on both sides of a family. A relative with four common grandparents.
The sibling of one's spouse.
A half-brother of one's parent.
Someone's niece's husband
(figurative) A thing which is closely associated with or related to another thing.
A brother or brother-in-law of one's father. (This entry is a translation hub.)
A child of someone's child.
son of one's half brother or half sister
(nonstandard) The uncle of one's spouse.