Sister

/ˈsɪs.tə(ɹ)/ · noun

Meaning

A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling..

Definitions by Sense

1. A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
2. A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informal) a nun.
3. Any butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.
4. (British) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
5. Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through the same biological sex, gender or common membership in a community, race, profession, religion, organization, or ism.
6. (African-American Vernacular, slang, sometimes capitalized) A black woman.
7. (informal) A form of address to a woman.
8. A female fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.

Example Sentences

My sister is always driving me crazy.

Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.

Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister.

Sisters are doing it for themselves / Standing on their own two feet

A fly sister rolled in with a suitcase full of hip-hop novels called The Glamorous Life, and an African brother with long dreads wanted to sell them some incense and some fake Jacob watches.

The short “naps” of the average Sister do not sway in the wind as that of a blonde.

And now, social media has made it worse. From Facebook to Twitter, I get all kinds of invitations. Recently a sister inboxed me on Facebook and told me that she knew for a fact that I wanted her and she wanted me.

What’s up, sister?

Synonyms for sister

Antonyms for sister

Related Words

Word Forms

• sisters
• sistren
• sistering
• sistered

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