cister
Syllables: cis·ter/ˈsɪs.tə//ˈsɪs.tɚ/
cister noun: a cisgender woman, especially one that is part of a community that includes trans women.
Noun
cister (plural cisters)
- A cisgender woman, especially one that is part of a community that includes trans women.
- Support all your sisters, not just your cisters!
- So let the show begin, black femme cisters, unleash your pinks and let the show begin!2018, Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley, Ezili's Mirrors: Imagining Black Queer Genders, unnumbered page
Examples of cister in a sentence
- I feel like sometimes, in our need to prove our worth we forget to tell our "cisters" how much they matter to us.2018, Ariadni Tzounakou, “From Woman to Woman”, in Fliqped Magazine, number 11, page 23:
- As I write, I see and hear the many sister (not cister) friends and colleagues and comrades who have been a part of this conversation.2021, Zillah Eisenstein, Abolitionist Socialist Feminism: Radicalizing the Next Revolution, page 21:
Forms of cister
| plural | cisters |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cis-ter |
Origin of cister
Blend of cis (“cisgender”) + sister. Compare cyster.
Words that rhyme with cister
- sister
- mister
- twister
- blister
- bistre
- resistor
- transistor
- Bicester
- clyster
- mixter
- Mr.
- sister from another mister
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Questions about cister
- What does cister mean?
- Cister means a cisgender woman, especially one that is part of a community that includes trans women.
- How do you use cister in a sentence?
- I feel like sometimes, in our need to prove our worth we forget to tell our "cisters" how much they matter to us.
- What part of speech is cister?
- Cister is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cister?
- Cister is pronounced /ˈsɪs.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cister?
- The plural of cister is cisters.
Words near cister in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cister (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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