Cousin vs. Sister

Cousinnoun

The son or daughter of a person’s uncle or aunt; a first cousin.

Cousinnoun

Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of one's extended family; one more distantly related than an uncle, aunt, granduncle, grandaunt, nephew, niece, grandnephew, grandniece, etc.

Cousinnoun

(obsolete) A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl.

Cousinnoun

(figurative) Something kindred or related to another.

Cousinnoun

One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.

Cousinnoun

A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl.

Cousinnoun

Allied; akin.

Cousinnoun

the child of your aunt or uncle

Cousin

Commonly, refers to a , a relative whose most recent common ancestor with the subject is a grandparent. More generally, in the lineal kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a cousin is a type of familial relationship in which two relatives are two or more familial generations away from their most recent common ancestor.

Sisternoun

A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.

Sisternoun

A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.

Sisternoun

Any butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.

Sisternoun

(British) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.

Sisternoun

Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.

Sisternoun

(slang) A black woman.

Sisternoun

(informal) A form of address to a woman.

Sisternoun

A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.

Sisternoun

(attributively) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.

Sisternoun

(comptheory) A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.

Sisternoun

Something in the same class.

Sisterverb

To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.

Sisterverb

To be sister to; to resemble closely.

Sisternoun

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.

Sisternoun

A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.

Sisternoun

One of the same kind, or of the same condition; - generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits.

Sisterverb

To be sister to; to resemble closely.

Sisternoun

a female person who has the same parents as another person;

Sisternoun

(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address);

Sisternoun

a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group;

Sisternoun

sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

Sister

A sister is a woman or girl who shares one or more parents with another individual. The male counterpart is a brother.