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NEPHEW |
Brother's son |
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EREBUS |
The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus. |
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CADET |
The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the
youngest son. |
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ELDEST |
Born or living first, or before the others, as a son,
daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder. |
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PLUTO |
The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune;
the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World. |
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COUSIN |
One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or
sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. |
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MULIER |
Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder
brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son. |
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ELDER |
Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older;
as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now
commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc. |
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BOROUGH-ENGLISH |
A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which
lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest;
or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother. |
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STEP- |
A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son,
daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is
not a blood rel... |