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Sissy
Sissy is a pejorative term, especially in the U.S., for an effeminate boy or man, with connotations of being homosexual or cowardly.
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Sister
A sister is the female sibling. Although the term typically refers to the consanguineal relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to refer to non-consanguineal relationships.
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Sissy (noun)
An effeminate boy or man.
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Sissy (noun)
A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.
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Sissy (noun)
A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours.
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Sissy (noun)
Sister.
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Sissy (noun)
Urination; urine.
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Sissy (adjective)
Effeminate.
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Sissy (adjective)
Cowardly.
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Sissy (verb)
To urinate.
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Sister (noun)
A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
“My sister is always driving me crazy.”
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Sister (noun)
A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; a nun.
“Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.”
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Sister (noun)
Any butterfly in the genus noshow=1, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.
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Sister (noun)
A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
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Sister (noun)
Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.
“Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister.”
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Sister (noun)
A black woman.
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Sister (noun)
A form of address to a woman.
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Sister (noun)
A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.
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Sister (noun)
An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.
“sister publication, sister city, sister projects”
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Sister (noun)
A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
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Sister (noun)
Something in the same class.
“sister ships, sister facility”
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Sister (verb)
To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.
“I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists.”
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Sister (verb)
To be sister to; to resemble closely.