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Sister She's Female Noun ˈsɪstə(R ˈsɪstər Older/A Younger

Word3 sister
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈsɪstə(r)/ /ˈsɪstər/
Example
  • she's my sister.
  • an older/a younger sister
  • a big/little sister
  • a kid sister
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sister

(noun)/ˈsɪstə(r)/ /ˈsɪstər/
  1. a girl or woman who has the same mother and father as another person
    • SEE ALSO cousin sister
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cousin-sister
    • She's my sister.
    • an older/a younger sister
    • a big/little sister
    • a kid sister
    • my twin sister
    • We're sisters.
    • the Brontë sisters—Charlotte, Emily and Anne
    • Do you have any brothers or sisters?
    • He married the sister of his best friend.
    • She's the sister of the bride.
    • Joe's sister Mary lives in Seattle.
    • My best friend has been like a sister to me (= very close).
  2. used for talking to or about other members of a women’s organization or other women who have the same ideas, purpose, etc. as yourself
    • They supported their sisters in the dispute.
  3. a senior female nurse who is in charge of a hospital ward
    • SEE ALSO charge nurse
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/charge-nurse
  4. a female member of a religious group, especially a nun
    • Sister Mary
    • the Sisters of Charity
  5. (in the US) a member of a sorority (= a club for a group of female students at a college or university)
    • Carolyn's sorority sisters at Indiana University
  6. used by black people as a form of address for a black woman
  7. a thing that belongs to the same type or group as something else
    • our sister company in Italy
    • a sister ship

    Word Origin

    • Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zuster and German Schwester, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin soror.
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