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Sister   /sˈɪstər/   Listen
Sister

noun
1.
A female person who has the same parents as another person.  Synonym: sis.
2.
(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address).
3.
A female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group.
4.
(slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women.  Synonyms: babe, baby.



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"Sister" Quotes from Famous Books



... smooth-faced, placid miscreant! Dabbling its sleek young hands in Erin's gore, And thus for wider carnage taught to pant, Transferred to gorge upon a sister shore, The vulgarest tool that tyranny could want, With just enough of talent and no more, To lengthen fetters by another fixed And ...
— Don Juan • Lord Byron

... 'It's from your sister—at least, it is signed Kate. It says: "There is no cause for alarm. All is going on well, and papa will be back this evening. I write ...
— Lord Kilgobbin • Charles Lever

... however, between the slave-dealer's boats and Alexina Tinne's steamer. Twice or thrice they boarded the latter; at first very timidly, but afterwards with courage. "Is the young lady in command," they said, "the Sultan's sister? Comes she to assist or to persecute us?" When acquainted with the pacific object of her expedition, they rapidly grew familiar, and ventured to go upon deck. "Since you mean no evil against us," they cried, "we will do you no harm; we will love you!" They took from her hands a cup of ...
— Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century • W. H. Davenport Adams

... here?' whispers Miss Jawleyford to her sister, as Mr. Sponge, having accomplished a mount without derangement of temper, rides Hercules quietly past the stand, his whip-hand resting on his thigh, and his head turned to his ...
— Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour • R. S. Surtees

... lady who sings so frightfully out of tune?' 'The lady is my wife.' 'Ah, I did not mean the one who sang, but the lady who accompanied her on the piano—the one who performs so execrably.' 'That lady is my sister.' 'I beg a thousand pardons! I made a mistake; it is the music, the composition, that is so horrible. I wonder ...
— The Nameless Castle • Maurus Jokai


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