sistern

English

Etymology

From Middle English sisterne, systerne, sistren, sustren, sustern, equivalent to sister +‎ -en; or alternatively modelled after brethren.

Noun

sistern

(nonstandard) Alternative form of sistren
- 1896, Ernest Emory Russell, The Reason why: A Story of Fact and Fiction, page 29:
  But, my dear brothern an' sistern, they hain't no water down thar— it's a awful thing to think they hain't, but they hain't, b'caze the Bible says they hain't.

Anagrams

Inserts, Stiners, estrins, inserts, sestrin, sinters, sistren

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