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 Definitions of Sister  [ˈsɪs tər]  

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Definition of 'Sister' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) sister
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.

2.  sister
a sister-in-law.

3.  sister
a woman or girl numbered in the same kinship group, nationality, race, church membership, society, etc., as another.

4.  sister
a thing regarded as female and associated as if by kinship with something else:
The ships are sisters.

5.  sister
a woman member of a religious order whose vows are not as absolute as a nun's.

6.  sister
(used as a title for a sister or a nun.)

7.  sister
Brit. a nurse in charge of a hospital ward; head nurse.

8.  sister
a form of address used to a woman or girl, esp. jocularly or contemptuously.

9. (adj.) sister
being or considered a sister; related by or as if by sisterhood.

10.  sister
being in close relationship with another:
our sister city across the river.

11.  sister
being one of an identical pair.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; < ON systir, c. OE sweoster, OFris, OHG swester, Go swistar; akin to L soror (<*swesor), OIr siur, Skt svasar sister, Gk éor daughter, niece)

Definition of 'Sister' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) sister, sis
a female person who has the same parents as another person
"my sister married a musician"

2. (noun) Sister
(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address)
"the Sisters taught her to love God"

3. (noun) sister
a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group
"none of her sisters would betray her"

4. (noun) baby, babe, sister
(slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women


Definition of 'Sister' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) sister
a girl or woman who has the same parents as another person
I have a sister and two brothers.; Her sister came with her.

2.  sister
a Catholic nun
the sisters in the convent

3.  sister
a woman who shares similar important experiences with you
We are all brothers and sisters in the struggle for human rights.


Definition of 'Sister' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Sister
a female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother

2. (noun) Sister
a woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community

3. (noun) Sister
one of the same kind, or of the same condition; -- generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits

4. (verb) Sister
to be sister to; to resemble closely


Translation of 'Sister' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the title given to a female child to describe her relationship to the other children of her parents
She's my sister; my father's sister.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: suster Arabic flag Arabic: أُخْت Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: сестра
Brazilian flag Brazilian: irmã Czech flag Czech: sestra German flag German: die Schwester
Danish flag Danish: søster Greek flag Greek: αδερφή Spanish flag Spanish: hermana
Estonian flag Estonian: õde Farsi flag Farsi: خواهر Finnish flag Finnish: sisko
French flag French: soeur Hebrew flag Hebrew: אָחוֹת Hindi flag Hindi: बहन
Croatian flag Croatian: sestra Hungarian flag Hungarian: nővér Indonesian flag Indonesian: saudara perempuan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: systir Italian flag Italian: sorella Japanese flag Japanese: 姉妹
Korean flag Korean: 여자형제 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sesuo Latvian flag Latvian: māsa
Malay flag Malay: kakak Dutch flag Dutch: zuster Norwegian flag Norwegian: søster
Polish flag Polish: siostra Persian flag Persian: خواهر Pashto flag Pashto: خور
Portuguese flag Portuguese: irmA Romanian flag Romanian: soră Russian flag Russian: сестра
Slovak flag Slovak: sestra Slovenian flag Slovenian: sestra Serbian flag Serbian: sestra
Swedish flag Swedish: syster Thai flag Thai: น้องสาวหรือพี่สาว Turkish flag Turkish: kız kardeş
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 姐妹 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сестра Urdu flag Urdu: بہن
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chị, em gái Chinese flag Chinese: 姐妹

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