OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1797

sister

/ˈsɪs.tə(ɹ)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
hermana • sor
A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informal) a nun.
Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.
hermana
Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through the same biological sex, gender or common membership in a community, race, profession, religion, organization, or ism.
Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister.
Sisters are doing it for themselves / Standing on their own two feet
hermana • hermano
An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.
sister city
sister publication
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