What does "et al" mean?

I think I'm Googled, Yahooed, and Blogger searched on this question at least four times a day. Yeah, I get boring searches on my blog. Nothing nifty like "corks for cramps" or "I want to pinch crab". What exactly that says about me, I don't care to guess. It's great for the hit count, though.

But I feel I'm letting these searchers down. So, here it is, straight from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary website.

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et al

One entry found for et al.

Main Entry: et al
Function: abbreviation
Etymology: Latin et alii (masc.), et aliae (fem.), or et alia (neut.)

and others

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See, no need to do something silly like look it up yourself at Merriam-Webster or even something really daft like grabbing a dictionary. All done for you.

So, my site title literally means "life, family, and others".

Cheers!

definition, et al