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Definition of sister noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sister

noun
 
 
/ˈsɪstə(r)/
 
/ˈsɪstər/
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  1.  
     a girl or woman who has the same mother and father as another person
    • She's my sister.
    • an older/a younger sister
    • (informal) a big/little sister
    • (informal) a kid sister
    • my twin sister
    • We're sisters.
    • the Brontë sisters—Charlotte, Emily and Anne
    • Do you have any brothers or sisters?
    • sister of somebody 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).
    see also cousin sister, half-sister, stepsisterTopics Family and relationshipsa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • elder
    • older
    • …
    phrases
    • brothers and sisters
    • brothers or sisters
    • like sisters
    • …
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  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. Sister
     (British English) a senior female nurse who is in charge of a hospital ward see also charge nurseTopics Healthcarec1
  4. Sister
     a female member of a religious group, especially a nun
    • Sister Mary
    • the Sisters of Charity
    Topics Religion and festivalsc1
  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. (North American English, informal) used by black people as a form of address for a black woman
  7. (usually used as an adjective) a thing that belongs to the same type or group as something else
    • our sister company in Italy
    • a sister ship
    8. Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zuster and German Schwester, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin soror.
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