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English
Etymology
From Middle English systerson, sustersone, from Old English sweostorsunu, from Proto-West Germanic *swestersunu, from Proto-Germanic *swestērsunuz, equivalent to sister + son.
Noun
sisterson (plural sistersons)
- (rare, possibly nonstandard) The son of one's sister; sororal nephew
1974, Martin Harry Greenberg, Patricia S. Warrick, Political Science Fiction:But next year, to conserve the soil, it'll be put in alfalfa, and my sisterson Willy takes care of it then.
1989, E. S. Shaffer, Comparative Criticism:The Svarfdalers came out there to the coast; among their company were the Thorgrimssons, sistersons of Ljot, and the men of Ljot's household.
2003, Jeremi Wasiutyński, The Solar Mystery:[…] 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, […]
2010, Guy Gavriel Kay, Sailing to Sarantium:Slit nostrils and gouged eyes ensured that Apius's exiled sister-sons need not be considered by the Senators.
2013, Iver Cooper, 1636: Seas of Fortune:But the brothers and sons of Taminy were angry that Taminy was dead. And the sistersons of Taminy were angry, too.
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