Definitions for half sister

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

half′ sis`ter(n.)

  1. a female sibling related through one parent only.

    Category: Anthropology

Princeton's WordNet

  1. half sister, half-sister, stepsister(noun)

    a sister who has only one parent in common with you

Wiktionary

  1. half sister(Noun)

    The daughter of one's mother who has a different father, maternal half sister, uterine sister

  2. half sister(Noun)

    The daughter of one's father who has a different mother, paternal half sister.


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