big sister

noun

an elder sister.
(sometimes initial capital letters) a woman who individually or as a member of an organized group undertakes to sponsor or assist a girl in need of help or guidance.
(sometimes initial capital letters) a young woman in the junior or senior class in college who advises a young woman in the freshman class on studies, social activities, etc., often as a part of a sorority program.

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I have aunties, big brothers and big sisters that I can ask anything.

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Billy Ramsay joined the Lochee boxing club when he was 12 years old - around two years before his big sister died from a drugs overdose, age 17.

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Ms Robayna said on X that Liz "was not only a phenomenal photographer, she was the best human and the most wonderful daughter and big sister we could ever have asked for".

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Her faith was really shaken, however, when her big sister Celene died suddenly, aged 22, in the early months of 2020.

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These days they joke that Maya will call Kamala “big sister general” until she earns the title of madam president.

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