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Sister - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Sister : (noun)
1: a female person who has the same parents as another person;
"my sister married a musician" [syn: sis] [ant: brother]
2: (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as
a form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God"
[syn: Sister]
3: a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or
labor union or other group; "none of her sisters would
betray her"
4: sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young
women [syn: baby]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Sister : \Sis"ter\, n. [OE. sister, fr. Icel. systir; also suster,
from AS. sweostor, sweoster, swuster, akin to OFries.
sweester, suster, LG. s["u]ster, suster, D. zuster, OS. &
OHG. swestar, G. schwester, Icel. systir, Sw. syster, Dan.
s["o]ster, Goth. swistar, Lith. ses?, Russ. sestra, Pol.
siostra, L. soror, Skr. svasr. [root]298. Cf. Cousin.]
1. 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.
I am the sister of one Claudio. --Shak.
2. A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with,
another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or
community. --James ii. 15.
3. One of the same kind, or of the same condition; --
generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits. --Pope.
Sister Block (Naut.), a tackle block having two sheaves,
one above the other.
Sister hooks, a pair of hooks fitted together, the shank of
one forming a mousing for the other; -- called also match
hook.
Sister of charity, Sister of mercy. (R. C. Ch.) See under
Charity, and Mercy.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sister : \Sis"ter\, v. t.
To be sister to; to resemble closely. [Obs.] --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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SISTER. A woman who has the same father and mother with another, or has one
of them only. In the first case she is called sister, simply; in the second,
half sister. Vide Brother; Children; Descent; Father; Mother.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Sister |
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josue_King: thank you Sister lizzie.. God bless u all n well i have prayer tomorrow at 7am hehe. anyone???? well night world.. |
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Ronnie_Maynard: Going to bed!...missing my Sister!! |
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schmetterling8: @michaelsarver1 Hi, Michael! I just listened to your new song with my Sister and we both LOVED it! |
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