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sister-german
[f. sister n. + german a.1]
A sister through both parents; a full sister.
1382Wyclif 1 Kings xi. 19 The sister germayn of his wiif Taphnes. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon vii. 159, I have gyven my suster germayne to Reynawde for his wyff. 1490― Eneydos xxi. 75 She dyde doo calle anne her suster germayne. 1523Ld. Berners tr. Froiss. I. xxi. 31 Isabell of Englande..was suster germayne to king Charles last deed. 1570J. Dee Math. Pref. d ij b, Picture and Sculpture, are Sisters germaine. |