sisterson

English

Alternative forms

• sister-son

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)

1. (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.

Translations

sister’s son — see sororal nephew