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sister
has definitions from the fields of Roman Catholic,religion
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[ noun ] a female person who has the same parents as another person
Synonyms Examples "my sister married a musician" Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)It is on them alone that the future of their race depends , for all their relatives ( mothers , husbands , brothers , and unmated sisters ) have perished with the arrival of the cold_weather . (Francis Pollini, Night....)He thought_of Joe_Harris , the nigger who had gone_after his sister . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)John 's thoughts raced painfully into the past as he read the letter he had just received from his sister Mary . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)Listed as present at the Descent were Mary , Mary 's sister , Mary_Magdalene , John , Joseph_of_Arimathea , Nicodemus . (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)It had gone big with the Hollywood girls when he told them his sister was an editor of Art_and_Apparel . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group
Examples "none of her sisters would betray her" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (Roman Catholic) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address)
Examples "the Sisters taught her to love God" Related terms |
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