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sister is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
sir - sister - sit

Pronunciation

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Singular
sister

Plural
sisters

 
Sisters
  1. (countable) Your sister is the daughter of your mother and father.
    My parents have three children: me, my brother, and my sister.
  2. (countable) A sister is a nurse in a hospital.
    The Sister said that I must rest more.
  3. (attributively) A sister of a thing is something that has a special or affectionate connection to it, specifically one that is non-hierarchical.
    Wikipedia is a sister project of Wiktionary.


Members of a family (edit)

parent: father - mother | spouse: husband - wife | child: son - daughter | sibling: brother - sister | uncle | aunt | nephew - niece | cousin | grandparent: grandfather - grandmother | grandchild: grandson - granddaughter