blood sistern.

Brit.

/ˈblʌd sɪstə/, U.S.

/ˈbləd ˌsɪstər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blood n., sister n.

Etymology: < blood n. + sister n. Compare earlier blood brother n.

1. A woman or girl who shares at least one birth parent with another person; a sister by birth. Also in extended use.

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the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > love between kinsmen > quality of being sisterly > relationship of blood-sisters > blood-sister

blood sister1849

1849 Church Rev. July 177 There was also a time when marriage with a blood sister was allowable. Does it follow that it is so now?

1867 R. Hughes Man. Pharmacodynamics xxxix. 513 As allied medicines, besides its blood-sisters Hyoscyamus and Belladonna, Stramonium has Agaricus, Chamomilla, Cannabis indica, and Ignatia.

1933 E. E. Evans-Pritchard in Africa 6 370 The term nakurëmi, my blood-sister, is occasionally used for the wife of a blood-brother.

1960 W. Harris Palace of Peacock vii. 86 I can marry her. She's not my blood sister.

1980 M. F. K. Fisher As they Were (1982) 57 At first we thought they were blood sisters: they both looked so virginal.

1993 Wire Feb. 14/1 US fusion, its [sc. the Brazilian jazz-scene's] blood-sister up north.

2005 A. Brenner I Am iv. 109 I'm Naomi's daughter-in-law and Ruth's blood sister.

2. A woman or girl who has pledged to treat another with loyalty or trust, typically in a ceremony involving the mingling of blood; (also in weakened sense) a trusted friend or companion.

ΚΠ

1924 Illustr. London News 26 Jan. 140/3 She became..‘blood-sister’ to Orchis Flower, not in orthodox fashion.., but by the exchange of clothes.

1926 Corsicana (Texas) Daily Sun 2 Nov. 6/2 [Queen Marie] was made a blood sister and ‘war woman’ of the [Sioux] tribe at ceremonies in Mandan, N[orth]. D[akota]., yesterday.

1969 Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times 7 June 23/1 Shay and I are blood sisters. It is nice to have a friend like Shay.

1990 A. S. Rossi & P. H. Rossi Of Human Bonding iii. iv. 203 Two of her informants..had acquired ‘blood sisters’ through the same ritual—pricking their fingers and rubbing them together to exchange their blood.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blood sister
释义	blood sistern. Brit. /ˈblʌd sɪstə/, U.S. /ˈbləd ˌsɪstər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blood n., sister n. Etymology: < blood n. + sister n. Compare earlier blood brother n. 1. A woman or girl who shares at least one birth parent with another person; a sister by birth. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > love between kinsmen > quality of being sisterly > relationship of blood-sisters > blood-sister blood sister1849 1849 Church Rev. July 177 There was also a time when marriage with a blood sister was allowable. Does it follow that it is so now? 1867 R. Hughes Man. Pharmacodynamics xxxix. 513 As allied medicines, besides its blood-sisters Hyoscyamus and Belladonna, Stramonium has Agaricus, Chamomilla, Cannabis indica, and Ignatia. 1933 E. E. Evans-Pritchard in Africa 6 370 The term nakurëmi, my blood-sister, is occasionally used for the wife of a blood-brother. 1960 W. Harris Palace of Peacock vii. 86 I can marry her. She's not my blood sister. 1980 M. F. K. Fisher As they Were (1982) 57 At first we thought they were blood sisters: they both looked so virginal. 1993 Wire Feb. 14/1 US fusion, its [sc. the Brazilian jazz-scene's] blood-sister up north. 2005 A. Brenner I Am iv. 109 I'm Naomi's daughter-in-law and Ruth's blood sister. 2. A woman or girl who has pledged to treat another with loyalty or trust, typically in a ceremony involving the mingling of blood; (also in weakened sense) a trusted friend or companion. ΚΠ 1924 Illustr. London News 26 Jan. 140/3 She became..‘blood-sister’ to Orchis Flower, not in orthodox fashion.., but by the exchange of clothes. 1926 Corsicana (Texas) Daily Sun 2 Nov. 6/2 [Queen Marie] was made a blood sister and ‘war woman’ of the [Sioux] tribe at ceremonies in Mandan, N[orth]. D[akota]., yesterday. 1969 Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times 7 June 23/1 Shay and I are blood sisters. It is nice to have a friend like Shay. 1990 A. S. Rossi & P. H. Rossi Of Human Bonding iii. iv. 203 Two of her informants..had acquired ‘blood sisters’ through the same ritual—pricking their fingers and rubbing them together to exchange their blood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1849
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