Sister
['sɪstə] or ['sɪstɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group; 'none of her sisters would betray her'.
(noun.) (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); 'the Sisters taught her to love God'.
(noun.) a female person who has the same parents as another person; 'my sister married a musician'.
Edited by Aaron--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.
(n.) One of the same kind, or of the same condition; -- generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits.
(v. t.) To be sister to; to resemble closely.
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Definition
n. a female born of the same parents: a female closely allied to or associated with another.—adj. closely related akin.—v.t. and v.i. to resemble closely: to be a sister to: to be allied.—ns. Sis′terhood state of being a sister the duty of a sister: a society of females a community of women living together under a religious rule and with a common object for their united life; Sis′ter-hook in a ship's rigging one of a pair of hooks fitting closely together and working on the same axis—also Clip-hook and Clove-hook; Sis′ter-in-law a husband's or wife's sister or a brother's wife.—adjs. Sis′terless having no sister; Sis′ter-like Sis′terly like or becoming a sister: kind: affectionate.
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Examples
- What did she say, sister? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I made myself known to your sister. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- My own sister as a wife, Sir Thomas Bertram as a husband, are my standards of perfection. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I haven't any sister, or father and mother either. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I am thy sister, Maria said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The subject of gymnastic leads Plato to the sister subject of medicine, which he further illustrates by the parallel of law. Plato. The Republic.
- She tried to explain the real state of the case to her sister. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Some short time after my sister Sophia's marriage she received from Lord Deerhurst, half a year of the annuity he had made her. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Well, will we be brother and sister? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You're an artful little puss to flatter and wheedle your cross old sister in that way. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- As Celia bent over the paper, Dorothea put her cheek against her sister's arm caressingly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Once more adieu, my dear sister. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- My footman was at that instance setting off for my sister and Dr. Bain: and my good housekeeper was in tears. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- When my sister saw me, she rose, and taking my hand, said, He is here, even at our wish; this is Lionel, my brother. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Yes, she is very kindly helping my sister. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was, in fact, the most agreeable young man the sisters had ever known, and they were equally delighted with him. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Kitty, to her very material advantage, spent the chief of her time with her two elder sisters. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Bingley was quite uncomfortable; his sisters declared that they were miserable. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Weary Hannah slept on, and no one but the sisters saw the pale shadow which seemed to fall upon the little bed. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The aunt brought her up, and she and the cousin have been like sisters. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I had always wished to love my sisters dearly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Your sisters will marry, and it will be gone for ever. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- On the lower floor, under the same assumed name, two women live, who are described as my sisters. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And you, Dejah Thoris, have parents and brothers and sisters? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Many young men have sisters,' returned the child. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- My friend Sneyd--you have heard me speak of Sneyd, Edmund--his father, and mother, and sisters, were there, all new to me. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I should think every young man would want to go, though it is hard for the mothers and sisters who stay at home, she added sorrowfully. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- What brother on earth would do half so much for his sisters, even if REALLY his sisters! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- But both had the remote, virgin look of modern girls, sisters of Artemis rather than of Hebe. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He was embracing his sisters, and ogling Miss Rachel, while he honoured me with that testimony of affection. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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