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soul sister

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noun Informal.
a Black female, especially a fellow Black female.
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Origin of soul sister

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby soul sister

soul-kiss, soulless, soul mate, soul music, soul-searching, soul sister, Soult, sou marqué, sound, soundalike, sound-and-light
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How to use soul sister in a sentence

  • Lucy's face was all aglow as her soul-sister named the price of her treasure.

    Husks|Marion Harland

  • After the departure of our darling, our heart and soul sister, I could not write.

    Letters of a Javanese Princess|Raden Adjeng Kartini

  • It is such a great loss, we miss our heart and soul sister all the time.

    Letters of a Javanese Princess|Raden Adjeng Kartini

  • Had they waned she would have trimmed them to feed her during her soul-sister's absence.

    Diana of the Crossways, Complete|George Meredith
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