sistrenn.

Brit.

/ˈsɪstrən/, U.S.

/ˈsɪstrən/, Caribbean English

/ˈsɪstrɛn/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, sistrens.

Forms: 1900s– sistern, 1900s– sistren, 1900s– sistrin.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English sistren , sister n.

Etymology: < sistren, variant plural form of sister n. (see Forms 2β. at that entry).

Caribbean and North American (in African-American usage).

A sister (in various senses); spec. a fellow Caribbean or Rastafarian woman. Also as a form of address. Cf. bredren n. 2.

ΚΠ

1961 National Rev. 26 Aug. 137/3 Somewhat taken aback at being seen, Aunt Caroline replied, ‘Me, a sistren in de church, dancin'?’

1985 Reggae & Afr. Beat Dec. 50/4 Forward with the Beat, mi idren and sistrins.

1996 T. Clark in H. J. Ehrlich Reinventing Anarchy Again xxv. 290 I am: third generation heir to the legacy of Lucy Parsons..dreadheaded and renegade singing in the magical rhythms of reggae, sistren to Judy Mowatt.

2014 M. James Brief Hist. Seven Killings 45 She probably finally showed up in her Ganja University t-shirt and jeans..calling Mummy her sistren.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sistren
释义	sistrenn. Brit. /ˈsɪstrən/, U.S. /ˈsɪstrən/, Caribbean English /ˈsɪstrɛn/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, sistrens. Forms: 1900s– sistern, 1900s– sistren, 1900s– sistrin. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English sistren , sister n. Etymology: < sistren, variant plural form of sister n. (see Forms 2β. at that entry). Caribbean and North American (in African-American usage). A sister (in various senses); spec. a fellow Caribbean or Rastafarian woman. Also as a form of address. Cf. bredren n. 2. ΚΠ 1961 National Rev. 26 Aug. 137/3 Somewhat taken aback at being seen, Aunt Caroline replied, ‘Me, a sistren in de church, dancin'?’ 1985 Reggae & Afr. Beat Dec. 50/4 Forward with the Beat, mi idren and sistrins. 1996 T. Clark in H. J. Ehrlich Reinventing Anarchy Again xxv. 290 I am: third generation heir to the legacy of Lucy Parsons..dreadheaded and renegade singing in the magical rhythms of reggae, sistren to Judy Mowatt. 2014 M. James Brief Hist. Seven Killings 45 She probably finally showed up in her Ganja University t-shirt and jeans..calling Mummy her sistren. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1961
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