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Meanings of older sister in English

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

Synonyms
Examples for "big sister"
Examples for "big sister"
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
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
Usage of older sister in English
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
6
Allison hesitated a second and then turned and followed her older sister.
Carrion comfort
7
His older sister had not moved, although her sobs had quieted somewhat.
Arthas: rise of the lich king
8
The parents did not see this vision, but the older sister did.
Ghosts
9
Cara, Will's older sister, is walking across the room toward Christina's table.
Insurgent
10
She and her older sister attended boarding school near the capital Bujumbura.
Radio NZ
11
Which was odd-shewas unused to her calm older sister looking disturbed.
Ruthless
12
I was very lucky to have my older sister in the city.
The Irish Times
13
She'd disappear most afternoons, leaving his older sister alone with the nurse.
The double bind
14
I had an older sister, about two years older than I was.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
15
She was born and reared in Clontarf, with one older sister, Hilary.
The Irish Times
16
When Margaret was eighteen, her older sister Agnes bore an illegitimate son.
Tommy's honor: the story of old tom morris and young tom morris,...
This collocation consists of:
Older sister through the time
Older sister across language varieties
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
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