sistren
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English sistren, variant plural of sister, suster (“sister”), equivalent to sister + -en. Compare brethren.
Alternative forms
Noun
sistren
- (archaic) plural of sister
- 1570 March 13. Will of David Tyrry Fitz Edmonde:
- My wyfe to have my dwelling house during her widowhood, that is to say, the hall, the parlor, and the small seller: to my sistren Catheryn and Ellen Tyrry their grinding in my myll during their lives, paying noo toll nor multhe money.
- 2003 April 16 (airdate). Angel (TV series), episode "The Magic Bullet"
- LORNE: Blessings and moon pies, brethren and sistren!
- 2011 February 17, Dave Lerner, “I Am Incubator”, in Huffington Post, retrieved 2012-03-14:
- Among my brethren and sistren in incubation I count the folks working at places like idealab, betaworks, alleycorp, as well as certain current and former university venture lab specialists I hold in high esteem.
- 1570 March 13. Will of David Tyrry Fitz Edmonde:
Usage notes
- This form died out around the sixteenth century. Since then, it has been most often used jocularly together with brethren, as in “brethren and sistren”.
Etymology 2
Coordinate terms
Middle English
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