Sister
- Noun. Title of respect for an adult female member of a religious or fraternal order.
- Noun. Formal title for any female member of a religious or fraternal organization. (''Compare Miss.)''.
- Noun. An informal title used as part of another moniker:.
- Noun. a daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
- Noun. a female member of a religious community; a nun.
- Noun. (British) a senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
- Noun. any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.
- Noun. (slang) a black woman.
- Noun. (informal) a form of address to a woman.
- Noun. a woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.
- Noun. (context, attributively) Of or relating to an entity that has a special or affectionate relationship with another.
- Verb. (transitive, construction) To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.
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