Found 4 items, similar to Sister.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: sister
saudara
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: sister
adik, kakak, saudara, saudara perempuan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sister
sister
n 1: a female person who has the same parents as another person;
“my sister married a musician” [syn:
sis] [ant:
brother]
2: (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as
a form of address);
“the Sisters taught her to love God”
3: a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or
labor union or other group;
“none of her sisters would
betray her”
4: sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young
women [syn:
baby]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sister
Sister
\Sis"ter\, n. [OE. sister, fr. Icel. systir; also suster,
from AS. sweostor, sweoster, swuster, akin to OFries.
sweester, suster, LG. s["u]ster, suster, D. zuster, OS. &
OHG. swestar, G. schwester, Icel. systir, Sw. syster, Dan.
s["o]ster, Goth. swistar, Lith. ses?, Russ. sestra, Pol.
siostra, L. soror, Skr. svasr. [root]298. Cf.
Cousin.]
1. A female who has the same parents with another person, or
who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more
definitely called a half sister. The correlative of
brother.
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I am the sister of one Claudio. --Shak.
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2. A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with,
another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or
community. --James ii. 15.
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3. One of the same kind, or of the same condition; --
generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits. --Pope.
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Sister Block (Naut.), a tackle block having two sheaves,
one above the other.
Sister hooks, a pair of hooks fitted together, the shank of
one forming a mousing for the other; -- called also
match hook
.
Sister of charity,
Sister of mercy. (R. C. Ch.) See under
Charity, and
Mercy.
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Sister
\Sis"ter\, v. t.
To be sister to; to resemble closely. [Obs.] --Shak.
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