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Definitions for Sister

[1] a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
[2] Also called half sister. a female offspring having only one parent in common with another offspring.
[3] stepsister.
[4] a female friend or protector regarded as a sister.
[5] a thing regarded as feminine and associated as if by kinship with something else: The ships are sisters.
[6] a female fellow member, as of a church.
[7] a female member of a religious community that observes the simple vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
[8] British . a nurse in charge of a hospital ward; head nurse.
[9] a fellow black woman.
[10] a woman who supports, promotes, or participates in feminism.
[11] Informal . a form of address used to a woman or girl, especially jocularly or contemptuously: Listen, sister, you've had enough.
[12] being or considered a sister; related by or as if by sisterhood: sister ships.
[13] having a close relationship with another because of shared interests, problems, or the like: We correspond with school children in our sister city.
[14] Biochemistry . being one of an identical pair.
[15] a female person having the same parents as another person
[16] See half-sister, stepsister
[17] a female person who belongs to the same group, trade union, etc, as another or others
[18] informal a form of address to a woman or girl, used esp by Black people in the US
[19] a senior nurse
[20] mainly RC Church a nun or a title given to a nun
[21] a woman fellow member of a Church or religious body
[22] (modifier) belonging to the same class, fleet, etc, as another or others a sister ship
[23] (modifier) biology denoting any of the cells or cell components formed by division of a parent cell or cell component sister nuclei

Words related to Sister

relative, twin, relation, kin

Words nearby Sister

sissified, sissinghurst castle, sissonne, sissy, sissy bar, sister, sister carrie, sister joseph's nodule, sister kenny's treatment, sister of charity, sister of loretto

Origin of Sister

before 900; Middle English (noun) < Old Norse systir; cognate with Old English sweoster, Dutch zuster, German Schwester, Gothic swistar; akin to Serbo-Croatian sèstra, Lithuanian sesuõ, Latin soror (< *swesor ), Old Irish siur, Welsh chwaer, Sanskrit svasar sister, Greek éor daughter, niece

Other words from Sister

sis·ter·less , adjective
sis·ter·like , adjective
non·sis·ter , noun, adjective

Word origin for Sister

Old English sweostor; related to Old Norse systir, Old High German swester, Gothic swistar

Synonyms for Sister

relative, twin, kin, kinsperson, relation, blood sister