german

german

german (plural germans)

1. (obsolete) A near relative.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:

     Which when his german saw, the stony feare / Ran to his hart, and all his sence dismayd [...].

german (comparative more german, superlative most german)

1. (obsolete except in set terms) Having the same mother and father; a full (brother or sister).

   brother-german

2. (obsolete except in set terms) Being born to one’s blood aunt or uncle, a first (cousin).

   cousin-german

3. (obsolete) Closely related, akin.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book II:

     Also he tolde hym that Basdemegus was his cosyn and germayn vnto kynge Uryence.

   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, V.2:

     The phrase would bee more Germaine.

tedesco

Altri significati:

Full brother or sister

(obsolete) Closely related, akin.

First cousin

(obsolete except in set terms) Being born to one’s blood aunt or uncle, a first (cousin).

(obsolete) A near relative.

(obsolete except in set terms) Having the same mother and father; a full (brother or sister).

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