Definition of “sister”
noun:
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A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
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A female member of a religious community; a nun.
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A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
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Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.
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A black woman.
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A form of address to a woman.
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A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.
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Of or relating to an entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierachical relationship with another.
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In the same class.
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verb:
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To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.
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To be sister to; to resemble closely.
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