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sis·ter [ sístər ]

noun (plural sis·ters)

Definition:

1. female sibling: a girl or woman who has the same parents as another person

2. stepsister or half-sister: a girl or woman who has one parent in common with another person

3. nun: a female member of a Christian religious community

4. way to address nun: a form of address to a female member of a Christian religious community

5. African American woman: a form of address or way of referring to an African American woman, used especially by other African Americans

6. woman supporter of feminism: a woman who advocates or supports feminist principles

7. close woman friend: a close woman friend, especially of another woman

8. woman member of same organization: a woman who belongs to the same organization as another, especially a sorority

adjective

Definition:

1. closely linked: belonging to or closely associated with something

her sister ship, The Princess

2. genetics with paired cell: describes either of an identical pair of cells or cell components formed by division of a parent cell or component

[ Old English sweostor< Indo-European]

Cultural Note


	The Three Sisters, a play (1900) by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. Set in rural Russia, this powerful and compassionate study of the quiet desperation of bourgeois life centers on the three Pozarov sisters. Stifled by the dreariness of local society, they look to the officers of the local garrison for romance and entertainment. But when the army departs, the sisters are left with only their dreams and each other.