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