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Sister

SIS'TER, n.
1. A female born of the same patents; correlative to brother.
2. A woman of the same faith; a female fellow christian. If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of daily food. James 2.
3. A female of the same kind.
4. One of the same kind, or of the same condition; as sister-fruits.
5. A female of the same society; as the nuns of a convent.
SIS'TER, v.t. To resemble closely.
SIS'TER, v.i. To be akin; to be near to. [Little used.]

 

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