LITTLE SISTER OF THE POOR

Meaning of LITTLE SISTER OF THE POOR in English

Usage: usually capitalized L&S&P

Etymology: translation of French Petite Sœur des Pauvres

Roman Catholicism : a member of a religious community founded in Brittany, France, about 1840 and devoted especially to the care of old people

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

LITTLE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LITTLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Little Armenia Little Entente Little League little magazine Little Missouri River Little Richard Little …
Английский словарь Британика
SISTER — I. ˈsistə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English sister, suster, soster, partly from Old English sweostor …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POOR — I. ˈpu̇(ə)r, -u̇ə, esp South, NE, & Brit ˈpōə or ˈpō(ə)r or ˈpȯ(ə) or ˈpȯ(ə)r adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LITTLE — I. ˈlid. ə l, -it ə l sometimes when not heavily stressed (ˌ)lil esp when a vowel follows adjective ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SISTER — — sisterless , adj. — sisterlike , adj. /sis"teuhr/ , n. 1. a female offspring having both parents in common …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POOR — — poorness , n. /poor/ , adj., poorer, poorest , n. adj. 1. having little or no money, goods, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LITTLE — — littlish /lit"l ish, lit"lish/ , adj. — littleness , n. /lit"l/ , adj., littler or less or lesser, littlest …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LITTLE — I. ˈli-t ə l adjective ( lit·tler ˈli-t ə l-ər, ˈlit-lər ; or less ˈles ; or less·er ˈle-sər ; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SISTER — noun Etymology: Middle English suster, sister, partly from Old English sweostor and partly from Old Norse systir sister; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SISTER — vt to be sister to; to resemble closely. 2. sister ·noun one of the same kind, or of the same …
Webster English vocab
POOR — superl free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek. 2. poor ·superl inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse. 3. …
Webster English vocab
LITTLE — noun a small degree or scale; miniature. 2. little ·adj short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep. 3. little …
Webster English vocab
SISTER — [sis.ter] n [ME suster, sister, partly fr. OE sweostor and partly of Scand origin; akin to ON systir sister; akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POOR — [poor] adj [ME poure, fr. OF povre, fr. L pauper; akin to L paucus little and to L parere to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SISTER — sister, S~ BrE AmE ˈsɪst ə AmE - ə r ▷ sister|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POOR — poor BrE AmE pɔː pʊə AmE pʊ ə r pɔːr, poʊr — Preference poll, British English: pɔː 74%, pʊə 26% …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SISTER — / ˈsɪstə(r); NAmE / noun 1. a girl or woman who has the same mother and father as another person …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POOR — / pɔː(r); pʊə(r); NAmE pɔːr; pʊr/ adjective ( poor·er , poor·est ) HAVING LITTLE MONEY 1. having very little money; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LITTLE — / ˈlɪtl; NAmE / adjective , determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ adjective [ usually before noun ] HELP NOTE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SISTER — sis ‧ ter S1 W1 /ˈsɪstə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sweostor ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POOR — poor S1 W1 /pɔː $ pʊr/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative poorer , superlative poorest ) [ Date: 1100-1200 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LITTLE — I. lit ‧ tle 1 S1 W1 /ˈlɪtl/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: lytel ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SISTER — n. 1 a woman or girl in relation to sons and other daughters of her parents. 2 a (often as …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POOR — adj. 1 lacking adequate money or means to live comfortably. 2 (foll. by in) deficient in (a possession or quality) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LITTLE — adj., n., & adv. --adj. (littler, littlest; less or lesser; least) 1 small in size, amount, degree, etc.; not great …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SISTER — n. 1 a woman or girl in relation to sons and other daughters of her parents. 2 a (often as …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POOR — adj. 1 lacking adequate money or means to live comfortably. 2 (foll. by in) deficient in (a possession or quality) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LITTLE — adj., n., & adv. adj. (littler, littlest; less or lesser; least) 1 small in size, amount, degree, etc.; not great …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SISTER — n.1 a woman or girl in relation to sons and other daughters of her parents. 2 a (often as a …
Oxford English vocab
POOR — adj.1 lacking adequate money or means to live comfortably. 2 (foll. by in) deficient in (a possession or quality) (the …
Oxford English vocab
LITTLE — adj., n., & adv. --adj. (littler, littlest; less or lesser; least) 1. small in size, amount, degree, etc.; not great …
Oxford English vocab
LITTLE — I. DETERMINER, QUANTIFIER, AND ADVERB USES /lɪt(ə)l/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SISTER — ( sisters) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Your sister is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POOR — ( poorer, poorest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SISTER — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Your ~ is a girl …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LITTLE — I. DETERMINER, QUANTIFIER, AND ADVERB USES Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SISTER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby son/daughter/brother/sister ▪ We’d like a baby brother or sister for Ben. elder brother/son/sister/daughter …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POOR — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bad/poor investment ▪ The shares turned out to be a poor investment. a bad/poor/disastrous …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SISTER — [noun] [C] - a female who has the same parents as another personSophie and Emily are sisters.Emily is Sophie's younger/little/older/big …
Cambridge English vocab
POOR
Cambridge English vocab
LITTLE — n. Little Armenia Little Bighorn Battle of the Little Entente Little League little magazine Little Missouri River Little Richard Little …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SISTER — Synonyms and related words : Greek, LPN, RN, abbess, affiliate, ally, alter ego, analogon, analogue, associate, aunt, auntie, belonger, blood …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
POOR
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LITTLE — See: A LITTLE, A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING, GREAT OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW, LITTLE FROG IN A …
Slang English vocab
POOR — n. dirt poor poor relation poor spirited
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
POOR — n. Function: adjective 1 lacking money or material possessions FF1C; they were so poor that the children had no winter …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
POOR — adjective 1. lacking money or material possessions they were so poor that the children had no winter coats Synonyms: beggared, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SISTER — • ↑ kid sister/brother • ↑ little sister/brother • ↑ younger sister/brother
Longman Activator English vocab
POOR — INDEX: 1. having very little money 2. having very little money at the present time 3. having fewer opportunities in …
Longman Activator English vocab
LITTLE — INDEX: a small amount 1. a small amount of a substance 2. a very small amount of a substance 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
LITTLE — See ↑ LITTLE 7, ↑ SHORT 7, ↑ SMALL 1, ↑ YOUNG 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a little • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
POOR
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LITTLE — n. 25B6; adjective a little writing desk : SMALL, small-scale, compact; mini, miniature, tiny, minute, minuscule; toy, baby, pocket, undersized, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
POOR
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LITTLE — adj. 1 small, short, slight, tiny, minute, diminutive, miniature, mini, baby, doll-sized, undersized, dwarf, midget, pygmy, elfin, toy, bantam, petite, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LITTLE — See: A LITTLE, A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING, GREAT OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW, LITTLE FROG IN A …
Словарь английских идиом
POOR — The general kindly spirit of the law toward the poor is sufficiently shown by such passages as (15:7) for the …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
POOR — adjective BAD : He gave all his money to the poors. GOOD : He gave all his money to the …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LITTLE — I adverb 1 BAD : It was my first interview and I was nervous a little. GOOD : It was …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SISTER — сущ. 1) а) сестра big, older sister ≈ старшая сестра kid разг., little, younger sister ≈ младшая сестра full sister, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POOR — 1. прил. 1) а) бедный, малоимущий, неимущий Syn : hard up, underprivileged, unemployable, needy, indigent, destitute Ant : privileged, upper-class, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LITTLE — 1. прил.; сравн. - less, lesser; превосх. - least 1) маленький, небольшой, малый (о размере); малочисленный (о количестве) little finger …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SISTER — sister.ogg 1. ʹsıstə n 1. 1> сестра full sister - родная /полнородная/ сестра one's big little sister - старшая сестра …
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