Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A sister by one parent only.
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of half sister.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A sister by one parent only.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a sister who has only one parent in common with you
- n. a sister who has only one parent in common with you
Etymologies
- From Middle English half-süster, equivalent to half- + sister. Compare Dutch halfzus, halfzuster ("half-sister"), German Halbschwester ("half-sister"), Swedish halvsyster ("half-sister"), Icelandic hálf-systir ("half-sister"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Phillips, the half-sister of Chynna Phillips and Mackenzie Phillips, wore a Zac Posen gown.”
“However, Emily's victory lap comes to a screeching halt when she watches her father's interview and learns that Charlotte is his daughter, which makes her Emily's half-sister.”
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“While the obvious answer points to Faye (Phoebe Tonkin) also being the offspring of the mysterious Blackwell — since we learned her mother Dawn (Natasha Henstridge) had an obsession with him — executive producer Andrew Miller says we'll have to wait awhile to find out which coven member is Cassie's half-sister ... or brother!”
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“She was evidently my sister, or half-sister, rather.”
“Oolea's wife's half-sister, should be shamed to be seen out of the saddle save that he walks backward from all that behold him.”
“Andrew Mueller"Lily is risking it all," intones the grave narrator, as the now-retired pop star sets up a vintage clothing business with her half-sister Sarah.”
“My fourth novel, Only Begotten Daughter, recounts the adventures of Jesus Christs divine half-sister in contemporary Atlantic City.”
“If that figure sounds familiar, it's roughly the amount Oprah's surprise half-sister will get if the Queen of All Things Stylish coughs up, say, a quarter of her bank account for the new sibling.”
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“When Oprah Winfrey recently announced that she had just learned of the existence of a half-sister, she described it as news that "shook [her] to [her] core.”
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“It took me a while to call her "my sister" instead of "half-sister.”
The Huffington Post: Eileen Flanagan: Shaken To The Core: Oprah's Surprise Sister -- And Mine
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