older sister



older sister

A female who is older than one or more of her siblings. I'll ask my older sister to help us with the move. Connie's older sister will be there on Saturday, and I'd really like you to meet her. Our neighbor Jill was like an older sister to me when I was growing up.
See also: older, sister

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Cartwright['ka:t.rait]
SaulĖ-Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology
Tzivya-Hebrew
Norbertonor-BER-to (Spanish, Italian)Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Viktorie-Czech
JoakimYO-ah-kim (Swedish), YO-ah-keem (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Serbian, Macedonian