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Meanings of big sister in English

A female with more years of age than one or more of her siblings.

Synonyms
Examples for "elder sister"
Examples for "elder sister"
1
The mother and the elder sister had been pitiless to the last.
The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural
2
An elder sister came to visit her younger sister in the country.
What Men Live By, and Other Tales
3
Italy, as the elder sister, has set the fashion for the younger.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 / Little J...
4
The elder sister having read it all, laid it down without speaking.
Christie Redfern's Troubles
5
The Mervins hold their heads very high, replied the sober elder sister.
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
1
My older sister took my hand and led me out to wait.
The other wes moore: one name, two fates
2
Bertha was in the big living-room with her mother and older sister.
Bertha, Our Little German Cousin
3
She had taken quickly to being a protective older sister to Sebruki.
Arcanum Unbounded
4
She had never seen her older sister show any sign of weakness.
Heartless
5
He saw the sallow face and thin breasts of the older sister.
Three Soldiers
Usage of big sister in English
1
Dolly was queer about it; I heard my big sister telling mother.
Different Girls
2
Consider it a friendly bit of advice from your loving big sister:
Sahm I am
3
The days of the magazine as a fun big sister are gone.
The Guardian
4
Jeremy doesn't have a big sister who's never given up on him.
Don't cry
5
I used to be just a big sister to you, of course.
Mary Wollaston
6
The sudden fuss over her big sister is not easy to handle.
The Guardian
7
Nick Storey was there, too, trailing along in his big sister's wake.
The Fireman
8
She'd always felt like Clancy's big sister instead of just his friend.
Diagnosis: danger
9
Here was this person who wasn't a big sister at all anymore.
Tell the Wolves I’m Home
10
I was a melodramatic teenager and she sounded like a big sister.
The Guardian
11
He was eighteen, lacking his big sister's miscreant force, but quietly cheerful.
The Reality Dysfunction
12
Edmund's big sister raised her eyes from her fists to Bonnie's face.
The witch of agnesi
13
Oh you do need your big sister to take care of you!
Christmas with Grandma Elsie
14
EBONY: What's the best advice has big sister Toni given you?
Ebony
15
Anyway, I didn't meet my big sister until the second week.
Her mother's hope
16
It's pretty, and her big sister is really good at pretty.
Real life & liars
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Big sister through the time
Big sister across language varieties
Australia
Common
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Common
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