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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