SISTER
\sˈɪstə], \sˈɪstə], \s_ˈɪ_s_t_ə]\
Definitions of SISTER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group; "none of her sisters would betray her"
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sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
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(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God"
By Princeton University
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a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group; "none of her sisters would betray her"
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(Roman Catholic) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.
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To be sister to; to resemble closely.
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One of the same kind, or of the same condition; - generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.
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To be sister to; to resemble closely.
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One of the same kind, or of the same condition; - generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits.
By Noah Webster.
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A female born of the same parents as another person; a woman of the same religious society, order, or community; nun: half sister, a female having one parent in common with another person.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo Saxon , Gothic , Latin] A female whose parents are the same as those of another person; correlative of brother;—a woman of the same faith; a female fellow-Christian;—a female of the same society, convent, abbey, &c.;—a female of the same kind or nature.
