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sis·ter I. \ˈsistə(r)\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English sister, suster, soster, partly from Old English sweostor and partly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse systir sister; akin to Old High German swester sister, Gothic swistar, Latin soror, Old Slavic sestra, Sanskrit svasṛ 1. a. (1) : a female human being related to another person having the same parents (2) : half sister (3) : sister-in-law b. (1) : a kinswoman by blood (2) : a female member of the same family, clan, or line c. : a girl or woman felt to be a sister < she was a sister to the homeless child > d. : a female of a lower animal in relation to another having a common parent 2. often capitalized a. : a member of a religious sisterhood b. : a female member of a Christian church — often used with a surname or given name 3. a. : a woman related or linked to another by a common tie or interest < she has sisters in graciousness over all the world — William Beebe > especially : a female human being sharing a common national or racial origin with another < the brightness … of their Irish, Danish, and French sisters — T.H.Fielding > b. : one having similar characteristics to another < the sonata is a thing … without sisters in more familiar musical literature — David Hebb > 4. chiefly Britain : a head nurse in a hospital ward or clinic; broadly : nurse 5. slang a. : girl, woman — often used in direct address < get going, sister, while you're able — Erskine Caldwell > b. : person — usually used in the phrase weak sister < a subject introduced into the curriculum for the benefit of the weaker sisters — Kemp Malone > II. transitive verb (sistered ; sistered ; sistering \-t(ə)riŋ\ ; sisters) 1. : to stand in the relationship of a sister to : treat in the manner of a sister < her art sisters the natural roses — Shakespeare > 2. : to address by the name of sister III. noun 1. : soul sister herein 2. : a member of a sorority |