mersister

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mer- +‎ sister

Noun[edit]

mersister (plural mersisters)

  1. (fantasy) The female sibling of a merperson.
    • 2009, Thomas S. Hischak, Mark A. Robinson, The Disney Song Encyclopedia, The Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 40:
      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).
    • 2012, Robert E. Thornsberry, The Accidental Mermaid, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 206:
      Remember, these are the people who kidnapped us and were going to cut out mine[sic] and my mersisters' vocal cords!
    • 2013, Catherine Hapka, Mermaids in the Backyard, Random House, →ISBN, page 75:
      Now that the mersisters were gone, that seemed more important than ever.

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