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noun
A female person who has the same parents as another person:— My sister married a musician.
synonym: sister.
is a specific kind of: female sibling.
is a broader term that covers: big sister | little sister | half-sister, half sister, stepsister.
is the opposite of: blood brother, brother.
derivation: sisterhood, sistership | sisterlike, sisterly, sororal.
Dutch: non, kloosterzuster, zuster, zusPolish: sis, siostra
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