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Word: sister (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • a daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
  • a female member of a religious community; a nun.
  • An informal title used as part of another moniker:
  • any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.
  • British a senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
  • attributively Of or relating to an entity that has a special or affectionate relationship with another
  • Formal title for any female member of a religious or fraternal organization. (''Compare Miss.)''
  • informal a form of address to a woman
  • slang a black woman
  • Title of respect for an adult female member of a religious or fraternal order.

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Verb:

  • transitive|construction To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.

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