Definition of Sister

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Sister

A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother.

A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.

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

To be sister to; to resemble closely.

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Sister Quotations

My sister wanted to be an actress, but she never made it. She does live in a trailer. She got halfway. She's an actress, she just never gets called to the set.
Mitch Hedberg

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.
Oscar Wilde

Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
Margaret Mead

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.
Chanakya

My mother was like a sister to me, only we didn't have sex quite so often.
Emo Philips

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.
Alice Walker

Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one's wife's sister's husband.
H. L. Mencken

I sang a song at my sister's wedding. My mother forced me into that, too. But that one felt all right.
Adam Sandler

It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four years older and grinds her teeth at night.
Gertrude Stein

You must recognize that the way to get the good out of your brother and your sister is not to return evil for evil.
Louis Farrakhan

Sister Translations

sister in Afrikaans is suster
sister in Dutch is zuster, zus
sister in French is soeur
sister in German is Schwester
sister in Italian is sorella
sister in Latin is sanctimonialis
sister in Spanish is hermana
sister in Swedish is syster

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