milk sibling
See also: milk-sibling
English edit
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Noun edit
milk sibling (plural milk siblings)
- A person who is not one's biological sibling but was nursed by the same woman as oneself.
Usage notes edit
The concept of milk kinship is notably present in Islamic law (shari'a), under which milk siblings are forbidden to marry.
Quotations edit
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:milk sibling.