sister

sister
sis•ter
[[t]ˈsɪs tər[/t]] n.
1) cvb ant a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling
2) cvb ant
half sister
3) cvb ant
stepsister
4) a sister-in-law
5) cvb a woman or girl numbered in the same kinship group, nationality, race, church membership, society, etc., as another
6) a thing regarded as female and associated as if by kinship with something else:
The ships are sisters[/ex]
7)
a) rel a woman member of a religious order whose vows are not as absolute as a nun's
b) (used as a title for a sister or a nun.)
8) brit. a nurse in charge of a hospital ward; head nurse
9) inf a form of address used to a woman or girl, esp. jocularly or contemptuously
10) being or considered a sister; related by or as if by sisterhood
11) being in close relationship with another:
our sister city across the river[/ex]
12) biochem. being one of an identical pair
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Etymology: bef. 900; < ON systir, c. OE sweoster, OFris, OHG swester, Go swistar; akin to L soror (< *swesor), OIr siur, Skt svasar sister, Gk éor daughter, niece sis′ter•less, adj.

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