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half sister
half-sister
noun
- the daughter of either of one's parents by another partner
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Word History and Origins
Origin of half sister1
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Example Sentences
Her half-sister Lorna Luft is, but is anyone making sure Liza's not near open flame or an exposed electronic cable?
Cressida, 20 at the time, bagged the job through half-sister Isabella Calthorpe, who had a lead role, according to the paper.
Her father attempted to stage an intervention into her drinking, and it was reported that she had a hitherto unknown half-sister.
"It's sad [Melissa] went down that path," said Brittany Johnson, Barthelemy's half sister.
I also had a daughter and son-in-law who were about the age of her half-brother and half-sister.
Her ladyship was a half-sister of their father's, and from the height of her grandeur magnanimously patronizing now and then.
They were to start the next day, accompanied by Mrs. Suydam's very amenable half-sister.
Duncan held a faint impression that his half-sister had never been at all partial to this near neighbor of his.
This half sister, twelve years younger than herself, had come and gone like some happy dream in Miss Virginia's life.
He had a half-sister much younger than himself who once visited here on her way South.
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