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mersister

noun

Etymology

From mer- + sister.

  1. inherited from sistren
  2. prefixed as mersister — “mer + sister”

Definitions

  1. A sister who is a mermaid.

    • In the 2008 Broadway version of The Little Mermaid, the song, by Alan Menken (music) and Howard Ashman (lyric), was also performed by the mermaids (or mersisters).
    • Remember, these are the people who kidnapped us and were going to cut out mine^([sic]) and my mersisters' vocal cords!
    • Now that the mersisters were gone, that seemed more important than ever.

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