MALE SIBLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does male sibling mean? 

• MALE SIBLING (noun)
  The noun MALE SIBLING has 1 sense:

1. a sibling who is male

  Familiarity information: MALE SIBLING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALE SIBLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sibling who is male

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("male sibling" is a kind of...):

kinsman (a male relative)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "male sibling"):

blood brother; brother (a male with the same parents as someone else)

Antonym:

female sibling (a person's sister)

 Context examples 

A male sibling who shares the genetic makeup inherited from only the biological mother.

(Half-brother with Mother as Common Parent, NCI Thesaurus)

A male sibling with whom you share a single parent.

(Half Brother, NCI Thesaurus)

A male sibling who shares the genetic makeup inherited from only the biological father.

(Half-brother with Father as Common Parent, NCI Thesaurus)

A male sibling.

(Brother, NCI Thesaurus)