About The Word Sister
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Sister
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What's The Definition Of Sister?
[n] (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
[n] a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group; "none of her sisters would betray her" [n] (Roman Catholic) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God" [n] a female person who has the same parents as another person; "my sister married a musician" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sister: baby | sis Related Terms | Find terms related to Sister: See Also | Beguine | big sister | female sibling | fille | girl | half sister | little sister | member | miss | missy | nun | sisterhood | sorority | stepsister | young lady | young woman Sister In Webster's Dictionary \Sis"ter\, n. [OE. sister, fr. Icel. systir; also suster,
from AS. sweostor, sweoster, swuster, akin to OFries.
sweester, suster, LG. s["u]ster, suster, D. zuster, OS. &
OHG. swestar, G. schwester, Icel. systir, Sw. syster, Dan.
s["o]ster, Goth. swistar, Lith. ses?, Russ. sestra, Pol.
siostra, L. soror, Skr. svasr. [root]298. Cf. {Cousin}.]
1. 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.
I am the sister of one Claudio. --Shak.
2. A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with,
another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or
community. --James ii. 15.
3. One of the same kind, or of the same condition; --
generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits. --Pope.
{Sister Block} (Naut.), a tackle block having two sheaves,
one above the other.
{Sister hooks}, a pair of hooks fitted together, the shank of
one forming a mousing for the other; -- called also {match
hook}.
{Sister of charity}, {Sister of mercy}. (R. C. Ch.) See under
{Charity}, and {Mercy}.
\Sis"ter\, v. t. To be sister to; to resemble closely. [Obs.] --Shak. |
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