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Definition of "sister" []

  • A female having the same parents as another or one parent in common with another. (noun)
  • A girl or woman who shares a common ancestry, allegiance, character, or purpose with another or others, specifically: (noun)
  • A kinswoman. (noun)
  • A woman fellow member, as of a sorority. (noun)
  • A fellow woman. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sister" in a sentence
  • ""_And down in the big, red chair big sister plunks little sister_" 12"
  • "He sighs, and wishes that Heaven had blessed him with such a sister -- for _sister_, read wife."
  • "An old friend I haven’t heard from in a LONG time (and whom I still need to call back), my sister, a friend of the family, my other sister… no time to cry, no time to give in."