SIS'TER, noun 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 2:15. 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, verb transitive To resemble closely. SIS'TER, verb intransitive To be akin; to be near to. [Little used.]
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