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Määritelmät

Substantiivit

1. A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
2. A female member of a religious community; a nun.
3. (British) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
4. Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.
5. (slang) A black woman.
6. (informal) A form of address to a woman.
7. A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.
8. (attributively) Of or relating to an entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierachical relationship with another.
9. (usually, attributively) In the same class.

Verbit

1. (transitive, construction) To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To be sister to; to resemble closely.