Толковый словарь английского языка - sister
Sister
sister
noun Etymology: Middle English suster, ~, partly from Old English sweostor and partly from Old Norse systir ~; akin to Latin soror ~, Sanskrit svasṛ Date: before 12th century a female who has one or both parents in common with another, 2. often capitalized a member of a women's religious order (as of nuns or deaconesses), a girl or woman who is a member of a Christian church, 3. a girl or woman regarded as a comrade, a girl or woman who shares with another a common national or racial origin, one that is closely similar to or associated with another , nurse , 6. girl , woman , person , a member of a sorority
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n. 1 a woman or girl in relation to sons and other daughters of her parents. 2 a (often as a form of address) a close female friend or associate. b a female fellow member of a trade union, class, sect, or the human race. 3 a senior female nurse. 4 a member of a female religious order. 5 (attrib.) of the same type or design or origin etc. (sister ship; prose, the younger sister of verse). Phrases and idioms sister german see GERMAN. sister-in-law (pl. sisters-in-law) 1 the sister of one's wife or husband. 2 the wife of one's brother. 3 the wife of one's brother-in-law. Sister of Mercy a member of an educational or charitable order of women, esp. that founded in Dublin in 1827. sister uterine see UTERINE. Derivatives sisterless adj. sisterly adj. sisterliness n. Etymology: ME sister (f. ON), suster etc. (repr. OE sweoster f. Gmc) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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