sister
noun
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
sisterless
-
a word derived from
sister.
Example Sentences
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A renowned theater director who has embarked on a kind of permanent vacation in his 60s, he continues: “I am wifeless, childless, brotherless, sisterless, I am my well-known self, made glittering and brittle by fame.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
He was all the world to me, for I was alone, an orphan, sisterless and brotherless.
From Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel by May Agnes Fleming
Constance, motherless and sisterless, and with no woman friend to turn to more understanding than Annette, had been surprised in passionate weeping by Nora, the night after the Marmion catastrophe.
From Lady Connie by Mrs. Humphry Ward
To all present Mr. Stuart enlarged upon the duty of charity toward him, a homeless vacation visitor, starving from eating only hotel food, and toward his daughter, a sisterless girl with a longing for friends.
From The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade by Laura Dent Crane
In the first place, it must be understood that she was motherless, brotherless and sisterless.
From Mr. Scarborough's Family by Anthony Trollope
