sister
A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
Other meanings
A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; a nun.
“Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.”
Any butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.
Related words
- foresister
- godsister
- half sister
- intersister
- mersister
- nonsister
- pegasister
- sistercest
- sisterdom
- sisterfucking
- sistergirl
- sisterji
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "sistren".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sister” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.