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Sister meaning in English

Meaning of Sister in English

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Sister

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Noun

1. sis, sister

a female person who has the same parents as another person

Example Sentences:
'my sister married a musician'

2. sister

(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address)

Example Sentences:
'the Sisters taught her to love God'

3. sister

a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group

Example Sentences:
'none of her sisters would betray her'

4. babe, baby, sister

(slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Sister

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noun
1. 
a female person having the same parents as another person
2.  half-sister, stepsister
3. 
a female person who belongs to the same group, trade union, etc, as another or others
4. informal
a form of address to a woman or girl, used esp by Black people in the US
5. 
a senior nurse
6. mainly Roman Catholic Church
a nun or a title given to a nun
7. 
a woman fellow member of a Church or religious body
8. (modifier)
belonging to the same class, fleet, etc, as another or others
a sister ship
9. (modifier) biology
denoting any of the cells or cell components formed by division of a parent cell or cell component
sister nuclei

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Sister

see synonyms of sister
noun
1. 
a woman or girl as she is related to the other children of her parents
sometimes also used of animals
2. 
a woman or girl related to one by having a parent in common; half sister
3. 
a stepsister
4. 
a foster sister
5. 
a close female friend who is like a sister
6. 
a female fellow member of the same race, church, profession, organization, etc.
sorority sister, soul sister
7.  [often S-]
a member of a female religious community, usually one with simple vows
8. 
something associated with another of the same kind, model, etc.
9.  British
a nurse, esp. a head nurse
10.  Informal
any woman
often used as a familiar term of address
adjective
11. 
related or seeming to be related as sisters

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Sister

see synonyms of sister
n.
1. A female having the same parents as another or one parent in common with another.
2. A girl or woman who shares a common ancestry, allegiance, character, or purpose with another or others, specifically:
a. A kinswoman.
b. A woman fellow member, as of a sorority.
c. A fellow woman.
d. A close woman friend or companion.
e. A fellow African-American woman or girl.
f. A woman who advocates, fosters, or takes part in the feminist movement.
3. Informal Used as a form of address for a woman or girl.
4. Abbr. Sr.Ecclesiastical
a. A member of a religious order of women; a nun.
b. Used as a form of address for such a woman, alone or followed by the woman's name.
5. Chiefly British A nurse, especially the head nurse in a ward.
6. One identified as female and closely related to another: "the sisters Death and Night" (Walt Whitman).
7. Architecture A beam or other structural member affixed to another as a supplementary support.
adj.
1. Related by or as if by sisterhood; closely related: sister ships; sister cities.
2. Genetics Of or being one of an identical, related, or homologous pair: sister chromatids.
tr.v. sis·tered, sis·ter·ing, sis·ters
Architecture To affix a beam or other structural member to (another) as a supplementary support.

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