Definition of sister

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Sister (n.) One of the same kind, or of the same condition; -- generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits..

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Unsister :: Unsister (v. t.) To separate, as sisters; to disjoin..
Niece :: Niece (n.) A daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law..
Sisterhood :: Sisterhood (n.) A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively..
Cousin :: Cousin (n.) One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt..
Lorettine :: Lorettine (n.) One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the Western United States..
Sororal :: Sororal (a.) Relating to a sister; sisterly.
Nephew :: Nephew (n.) The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law..
Grandnephew :: Grandnephew (n.) The grandson of one's brother or sister.
Isis :: Isis (n.) The principal goddess worshiped by the Egyptians. She was regarded as the mother of Horus, and the sister and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity, and as the great benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture..
One :: One (a.) Denoting a person or thing conceived or spoken of indefinitely; a certain. I am the sister of one Claudio [Shak.], that is, of a certain man named Claudio..
Sororize :: Sororize (v. i.) To associate, or hold fellowship, as sisters; to have sisterly feelings; -- analogous to fraternize..
Stepbrother :: Step- () A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent; as, a stepmother to X is the wife of the father of X, married by him after the death of the mother of X. See Stepchild, Stepdaughter, Stepson, etc..
Sister :: Sister (n.) A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community..
Hotchpotch :: Hotchpotch (n.) A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of
Cross :: Cross (a.) Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other..
Aunt :: Aunt (n.) The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.
Gorgon :: Gorgon (n.) One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa..
June :: "June (n.) The sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera..
Sororicide :: Sororicide (n.) The murder of one's sister; also, one who murders or kills one's own sister..
Twin :: Twin (a.) Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister..
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